Trek 890
 

Picked up this poor old thing from the flea market yesterday :).

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Not really C&V, but still a heck of a catch. This Ultegra FC-6703 was initially offered for $50, but the seller gave it to me for free because he noticed the outermost chainring was slightly out of alignment.
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Trek 720 Multitrack - take it or leave it?
 

My wife and I are out in the Albany NY area helping settle a friend's estate (more like getting her place ready for someone else to have an estate sale). Carol had a Trek 720 Multi-Track which she barely ever rode. I believe it is a 1990 model, TIG welded 4130 tubing, forged dropouts, SunTour XCT Accushift derailleur, etc. I suspect it's a 17-inch frame, but I haven't measured it. (Carol was only about 5'4".) The original Matrix tires look brand new. The only issue I can see is the inevitable chainstay paint loss from the kickstand (haven't pulled it to see if they are at all squashed).

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I have to decide whether to take it with me or leave it for the estate sale. We're heading to Vermont for our son's wedding after this (anybody got a good father-of-the-groom toast?), and will need to decide whether or not to throw it on the bike rack on our way back to Chicago. I don't want/need it. I would only sell it and toss the money back into Carol's estate. What say the cognoscenti? Take it or leave it?

Great potential there.

Also, there's enough room to put a bottle cage and water bottle behind the seattube. I did that with my ancient Bianchi MTB.

Cheers

As a 5'4" rider, my kneejerk reaction is to save it; small vintage bikes are hard to find. But you'd have to tote that thing around, and it's unlikely you'd get that much for it, so it's up to you. Or, you know, send it to me. :D

Peugeot Urban Express
 

I've been wanting a cheap old mtb since the methheads got a couple of my last mountain bikes. This Pug popped up near me. Orginal owner, hadn't been ridden in years. Nice mix of XCPro bits, but I was expecting a Nitto handlebar instread of this specialized still wearing it's decal.

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What a tease! Where's the full on shot? ;)

2cam16 Nice to find a lugged, slack mtb in my size after years of finding predominately too small. As great of urban build as it is, I'm planning to use it as a *gasp* mountain bike for running around my city's mtb park. I have some modern knobbys to try and I have to re-gear with a shorter armset. I don't think I've seen this steel Suntour VX derivitive, but I'll probably box up these derailleurs.

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As found, balanced in the air...
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A bit overgeared for me, plus too long
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Jim Blackburn rack, 3rd one this year. Kashimax sticker hanging in there on the saddle
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been saving these DTHs for something...

Can't believe someone would dump this beauty but I'll gladly take if home and give it TLC. A friend spotted this road bike around his neighborhood and lucky pick it up immediately before it was snagged.

Its a Raleigh Super Grand Prix, manufactured in Canada in 1988 based on the serial number. Its in fairly good conditions with a few minor problems. This include:

- the right Wiedmann brake lever is detached.
- there is dent on the chainring guard. (Is it possible to fix this?)
- no cables to the rear derailluer.
- needs new bike grip. (The previous owner used regular yellow tape.)

All parts are still original, I presumed. I took it for a spin and it still rides quite smoothly. Once I clean/tune it up, this bad boy is ready to roll.

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There is slight dent on the chainring guard but it still works.
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I picked up this Falcon San Remo three weeks ago and did a complete rebuild. It was a bit of a mix of parts. I swapped out all components except the brake calipers and tires (like new) with parts I had on hand. I have a total of $42 invested in this bike (including cost of bike). The first picture is from the ad and the last is after rebuild.

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:thumb: Nice work, looks great!

And a very cool rack/holder. ;)

Don't actually have them yet but I made a deal with the owner today. Went to an open house in the neighborhood several months ago and spotted these in the garage. Who in the world (not on this forum) needs six of the damn things?
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Anyway, the house eventually sold and months rolled past and I'd see the garage open occasionally but there was no one to speak with, and then stuff started showing up at the curb on trash day or in a utility trailer, presumably to be taken to the dump. Never screwed up my courage to knock on the door to ask, probably because it would have been one more thing to have to hassle with on an already full docket, and I'd have to stash them someplace until I can actually get them installed in my garage whose ceiling is higher and sloped. Nothing is ever simple.

Today was organized yard sale day in the neighborhood. I spoke with the lady and we agreed on $20 for all of them, and I take them down. That'll be good practice for the installation.

"Who in the world (not on this forum) needs six of the damn things?"

Because there are only six, we can presume the homeowner had just started bicycling this season. If the house hadn't been sold, by next year there would have been many more.

My wife saw me looking at this on fb this morning and told me we needed it to replace our flexy-flyer Burley that I hate. Seller, I think lurks here occasionally, had it for a great price considering the details. The rear MaxiCar drum needs a couple spokes replaced, but the front is looking good. Color-matched BG racks were on the original order sheet, although I wish the builder had brazed eyelets. Original purchase price in '81 was nearly $2600. As if I needed another winter project...


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It looks huge.
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BASKET CASE!!!!!

I managed to find some Super Champion clone rims 32 holes nos. Ka-bling!!!
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That's a fine ol' beauty, mate. Nice acquisition, and for a nice price, too. She should shine up fine. Chainguard easily removed, five bolts, then hammer and bend out the dent, carefully.
May I suggest white color bar tape? It would match the saddle and the steering tube. But contrast nice, too, like yellow or blue. Happy miles to you! 😊

Very cool fillet brazed tandem. Looks like it came with most/all of the bits, too -- including Magura hydraulic brakes! Maxi-car hubs! Oooh! Weird that the fork is drilled and has eyelets for the rack but there are no eyelets on the back. What is the size? We ride a large Davidson fillet brazed tandem from the 1980s -- it is great. If you're missing any tandem specific bits pm me -- there's a chance ! might have something in my stash.

Excuse me, where do you FIND stuff like that? Not at the dump I suppose?

You don't happen to have a smaller frame?

After mocking it up with seatpost/saddles, it's going to be real tight. 56/46cm sizing, I forgot about how high the bb is. Might have to swap 26.4 captain's seatpost to a slimmer head to make room for the stokers's stem.

Not sure if I want to run those hydraulic brakes. Thinking I"ll mock it up with a set of Campy NR sidepulls and see if that's enough with the drum whenever I get it finished.

No smaller frame in the stash, sorry! :)

If you are not doing loaded touring in hilly areas the Campys and the drum will likely be fine.

Have fun!

In all honesty, just about everything I post is purchased from Bikeworks.org in Seattle, a nonprofit of donated items. Bikeworks is a very wonderful organization that promotes healthy living with bike rejuvenation. They have full time paid staff, they also have a lot of volunteers that assist customers with mechanics, lead classes, group rides, and youth programs.

Bikeworks is very unique in that they get volumes of donations in the form of local bike drives, tons from the city, and many many locals that just want, or hope the old stuff can be used. Over there I'm know for buying many items that are considered well past prime, next dump run stuff. They get so much product that they can't always take time to identify. Pricing can be wonky in that time and shop space work against each other. Most French bikes were being trashed, they never work on those. Makes sense not enough return and not consistent to today's stuff.

I always promote Bikeworks, they are also interesting in that they have a shop much like any other used/new shop, and the warehouse where the real Box of Crapstuff resides.

Here are three very typical resent purchases. The crusty Jack Taylor, a Univega Gran Rally, and the Serotta Colorado.


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The Univega is a run of the mill purchase, I buy similar refresh and sell. I take that money and buy greater items like the Serotta.

Bikeworks gets so many unique items that l have taken myself to task for repaints. The Taylor above will get a repaint next spring. The Raleigh Team bike did get repaint, it still has a minor issue to be addressed before final assembly.
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I had to some arm twisting to save the PR10 from the dump, it was at the bottom of the to go pile. It was asked, which one do you want? Of course the answer was, the moldy one at the bottom.

This one has moved on after spending a few months in my garage. top506 's brother picked it up for him and will deliver it later on. This frees up valuable hook space for me and will prolong the life and usefulness of the little bike. Thanks, guys!

Got up for a 7am rummage sale. Scored 4 very nice jerseys for a total of $20.

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Also snagged a nice tweed guitar case ($25) and a Pro-ject MM/MC phono preamp ($5)

Got 'em!
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Now, another damn project to get them installed at my place. It never ends.

Catch for today. A 1986 Schwinn Prelude. Columbus Tenax, Suntour Cyclone and someone switched out the downtubes to stem mounted Suntour Accushift. Also I love the engineering of the rear rack to make it a bouncy rack with an old tube :). In my best sarcastic voice. "I guess I'll take it for $6 at an auction".
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