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Originally Posted by abshipp
(Post 19903898)
Here's my 1985 Schwinn Mirada. Bought without wheels from a garage sale for $10. About $100 later and here we are:
Took a lap around the neighborhood last night. Super comfortable with the big 2.4" slicks and tall bars. Should be a great little bike path cruiser. I think it's begging for fenders and a basket though. I put classic Wald chrome fenders on mine. They are super pain to install, nigh impossible to get a good chainline. They are cheap, though, and fit big balloon tires. https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3951/...579dda91_c.jpg |
Originally Posted by RiddleOfSteel
(Post 19905985)
I just need to pop out the headset pieces and it'll be ready for powder coat. I've talked with one of the local powder coat guys (they've done a frame for me before and it turned out great), and will be bringing it in as soon as I can. The wait is two-three weeks (my enthusiasm makes me impatient about this), so if a non-stocked color needs to be ordered, then it won't affect the overall time line.
As far as colors, Schwinnderella is an inspiration point. I want the coating to be metallic. This 610 is a blue metallic, and that's just a classy paint element, and I want to keep it as it is the character of the bike. But....I like the steel blue, but am not in love with it. A white metallic coating is what I am thinking currently. Back up option is a dark steel grey metallic. Decals will be from Velocals (they have the wrong font for their '84 610 decal set...) and I will get the fill color to be the steel blue as a tribute to the original color. Plus: white with steel blue equals good. :) I will be stepping down to 700C from the stock 27" rims. I researched BF via The Googs (Google) and was able to snag some Tektro CR720's with adjustable slots. They are silver and in great shape. Koolstop Salmon pads and we should be good to go. Selling framesets and that will help fund this! Pun intended |
Originally Posted by tiredhands
(Post 19907801)
OH DANG! How do you like that ride? I loved my Mirada, and am seriously kicking myself for selling it because I didn't have room for it on the moving truck.
I put classic Wald chrome fenders on mine. They are super pain to install, nigh impossible to get a good chainline. They are cheap, though, and fit big balloon tires. I'm pretty happy with it so far, I've only put maybe 2 miles on it around the block, but it's quiet and a super plush ride. Only issue right now is that the original derailleur cant sweep across the full 8 speed cassette, and there is interference on the smallest cog. Fenders wont be an option with these tires I don't think, but thanks for the tip on the Walds! |
Originally Posted by sdn40
(Post 19907807)
Moss green with tan trimmings ?
Pun intended |
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I'm really happy with this find: a Boeijen's Sport "Campione Corsa Sportivo". The Campione decals are probably generic, and Boeijen a bike shop in Belgium or The Netherlands. It looks like a seventies Belgian build. It's tall (62cm) and short (55), has Shimano dropouts and fork ends, and takes a 26.2mm seat post. It has clearly been well cared for, as it's nice and clean, and all the moving parts are really smooth. Should be an easy and fun build.
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Interesting cranks and chain ring set up. and center pull brakes!
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Fresh Catch 89 Bridgestone RB1 orig owner stored indoors. lightly ridden. Scored!
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4455/...aa1d708e_k.jpg20171008_193745 by Norcal Mike, on Flickr |
I was hoping to find a nice set of durable 700c rims and tires for a gravel grinder project, and found a nice deal ($70) on these pristine beauties in the 'bargain bin' section of the local want ads.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4485/...0e9e9ed8_o.jpg Oh, and there was this blue bicycle that came with them: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4461/...8f015247_o.jpg Zoinks, I've been finding a lot of cheap Cannondales this past year! Another too-small-but-maybe-kinda-sorta deal. XTR derailleurs, Ritchey Logic triple crank. Tighter geometry than I'm used to, but the setback on the seatpost and the long stem I'm adding put me within range. I'm fitting it with a Technomic stem, drop bars and 3x7 RSX brifters to see how I like it on the gravel and trails. |
I picked up several on Saturday and thanks to assistance from a fellow forum member I wound up with this nice little Raleigh mixte. I have a severely height-challenged sister who is going to love this.
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Saved this a couple of months ago from going to a trash bin. Previous owner tried probably save with brake pad costs and distroyed the decent alloy wheelset completely.
It is only a Peugeot Paris, but looks now like this in the pic below. Still a little work to do. |
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Next project is Nishiki Rally. A low end bike, but awkward colour...Saved from trash bin.
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Saved another kids 24" wheeled "Diamondback Octane" mountain bike last week from the exact same dumpster I saved the the previous 24" wheeled mountain bike from. This one is so odd though, the seat post clamp is the only thing missing and the front tire inner tube is totally shot but the wheel and tire itself appear to be in good condition. Pity all my younger nephews are indoor introverts that despise going outside, elsewise I'd fix them both up to give to them at Christmas, but that would sadly be a waste of bicycles the way those kids are. Will fix and flip them for cheap to people who actually want a bicycle.
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Azuki Gran Sport
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Saved this beast from sure death a few days ago....only visible serial number is on the seat tube.
Front: Araya/sunshine Rear: Normany (78) /weinmann |
Age of Jim Blackburn rack?
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Anyone have a good guess?
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'80s. The early ones had twin fixed stays or a single center one, I think. Adjusting types came later.
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I said my last acquisition was it - I lied. I love French bikes and for a buck-and-a-half there was absolutely no way I could pass on this. So this one really is it. Probably.
Found this Peugeot PX-10 (I think) coming back from a trip. Serial indicates a '72, tubing and components seem to match other than Campy NR hubs laced to Weinmann concave clinchers. The thing looks barely ridden. Everything covered under a thick layer of dust, it was hanging up in a game room for decades. https://s6.postimg.org/j9fb0rejl/IMG...132332-_SM.jpg https://s6.postimg.org/a1n2jykb5/IMG...132030-_SM.jpg Link to gallery https://postimg.org/gallery/w9zmmq3i/ |
I just rescued a 1977 schwinn le tour 2 from the crushers. Will post pics when I’m allowed to .
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Freebie. may stay in collection just because it's fast. Er, well the head badge does say"speedking".
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C. Itoh was a marketing company that had their bikes made by Bridgestone. Bridgestone bikes had the same "Tested Finest Bicycle..." decal. It is very similar to the BS Kabuki Super Speed that I have.
Here is some info from Sheldon Brown: "The Kabuki line used some unusual construction techniques, specifically, a system of sticking the frame tubes into a special mold and forming cast aluminum "lugs" in place around the ends of the tubes. The most notable of this line was the "Submariner" which used un-painted stainless steel tubing, and was marketed in seacoast areas for its rust-resistance. Because the cast aluminum lugs were not flexible like steel lugs, these bikes didn't use a conventional seat-post binder. Instead, they used a seat post with an expander wedge like that of a handlebar stem...you had to remove the saddle from the seatpost to adjust the height, then re-install the saddle! Even sillier, many of these frames had what looked like a conventional seatpost bolt mounted in a projection of the rigid lug, simply to provide a place to mount a cable stop for the center-pull caliper brake!" |
Originally Posted by Kdogbikes
(Post 19957620)
Freebie. may stay in collection just because it's fast. Er, well the head badge does say"speedking".
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Yes. Took me a bit to fugure out how adjust post. And I was pretty amazed at the amount of light the generator system puts out.
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Originally Posted by PilotFishBob
(Post 19952680)
I said my last acquisition was it - I lied. I love French bikes and for a buck-and-a-half there was absolutely no way I could pass on this. So this one really is it. Probably.
Found this Peugeot PX-10 (I think) coming back from a trip. Serial indicates a '72, tubing and components seem to match other than Campy NR hubs laced to Weinmann concave clinchers. The thing looks barely ridden. Everything covered under a thick layer of dust, it was hanging up in a game room for decades. https://s6.postimg.org/j9fb0rejl/IMG...132332-_SM.jpg https://s6.postimg.org/a1n2jykb5/IMG...132030-_SM.jpg Link to gallery https://postimg.org/gallery/w9zmmq3i/ |
Seen a Raleigh Record in the landfill yesterday, complete but not worth saving IMO. I think it was early 70's, it had cotter a pin crank.
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Originally Posted by bikemig
(Post 19957758)
Sweet, what's not to love about this bike. Looks to be a 57 cm? This is in great shape. High end old French bikes don't show up that often.
I'm consistently amazed that so many of the bikes I've found - nice ones too - were apparently purchased, taken out a few times, and then put aside never to be ridden again. This one exemplifies that category. |
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