I picked up this Carabela for 10 bucks today. What I wanted was the crank arm dust caps but one of them is missing. Nevertheless, for $10 I got a decent SR crankset, some unbranded aluminum rims laced to Shimano hubs with QRs, a Gran Compe stem, Suntour V-GT Luxe RD, Compe-V FD, Suntour bar end shifters, Campagnolo short toe clips, and front and rear reflectors that can be seen from aircraft. Thinking about it driving home, I planned to stock the parts bin with the above items and toss the frame in the dumpster at the office. After getting out and looking at it, I think I may make a rider out of it if I can remove the rust and crust.


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That's got to be the lowest any of us have gone, buying a bike for crankarm dustcovers. We have a winner.:)

btw, that GranCompe is probably a 21.1mm. Both the Carabellas I had were.

I got the idea from the small parts thread to get it for the dust caps. It would have worked had they both been there. Now if I get this rusty pipe on wheels ridable, I have to find another cap.

Nice score :thumb:

Always funny to me how dumb pedals look with the straps incorrectly routed. :twitchy:

I always lube the straps up with some dressing so they go in easier, don't fray the edges so much, helps preserve them also and sometimes do it before removing them if they are dry and tight like they can be in many of the MKS. ;)

I got a pair of these awhile back that the black was badly faded, the cages had to go for a dip in the drain cleaner.


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Yeah, they look like they could have come off some MKS's which I love no matter what. I sometimes cleanup the sharp edges if they seem to want to chew them up especially with stiff new ones.

You can knock the fraying down a lot sometimes with dressing after the fact too, I've had very good results many times, works best if they're off and you squeeze them through a handful in both directions and let it soak in. ;)

We weren't looking for more bikes, nor do we need more bikes, but sometimes an amazing deal comes your way and you physically can't say no. A friend of ours was liquidating his road bike collection due to him and his wife not able to physically ride anymore. Initially we were just going to take the Cannondale tandem and find a good home for it, it has over 28k miles on it! Then we thought the Bike Friday Two's Day might be neat cuz it is so weird. Then we saw the two half bikes and knew we HAD to have those. The Merckx is my size, the Waterford my husbands size. Our very generous friend made us an offer, $500 for all 4 of them. He really just wanted them to go to a home that would ride and appreciate them for what they are. They were original owners on the Cannondale, had the Bike Friday custom built for them, had the Waterford custom built for him, and the wife picked out the used Merckx frame and had it built with Campy 8 speed. Both of the half bikes were on our grail lists!



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Loaded to the max, extra parts and wheels in the cab
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1998 Waterford 1200 Campy 9 sp
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1982 Eddy Merckx Professional, Campy 8 speed

:eek: H**Y CRAP!!!

That is awesome, love it when this happens. :thumb:

One Trek out...
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One Trek in...
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Finally a 400 sold and with the proceeds I decided to upgrade with a 970 from the local coop. The 970 is mostly original with Shimano 105 hubs on Mavic Open 4cd rims. I'll find a new home for the wheels. The frame is good the paint is not great with a bunch of red rattle can, the ten foot rule is in order. :)

It's been awhile since I've received a decent freebie.Picked this one up today. Another one to add to my ever growing Specialized bunch. lol First plan is the usual strip and rebuild but I'll be upgrading the components. Future is a strip and rattle can repaint.
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Performance MTB
 

What I know about MTBs couldn’t fill a thimble but this sad thing was leaned up against some trash cans so I couldn’t let neglected gold(?) get tossed. The brakes are snappy and it came with an extra set of tires+tubes so into the car it went. It is made in Taiwan and says things like Altus and Exage ES on some of the bits. Steel frame FWIW. Any additional insight is welcome.


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I found a similarly equipped Marin at the curb on trash day and was glad to get it.
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It's from 1993 and has similar components to my Rockhopper Sport, meaning it was a midrange bike that probably had an MSRP of just over $500.

Thank you for the insight.

Seat post wasn’t stuck, wheels spin well and brakes work well while on the stand. I can only get high and low on the front rings. Looking into that…

The kiddo outgrew her 24” and I knew she’d fuss if it wasn’t a girls bike. Picked this up free (thanks OfferUp!), took it apart, sanded it down and rattle-canned it, cleaned and reinstalled parts.
The bike isn’t worth what I spent on the grips, but she picked the color, helped spray it and helped reassemble it so yay for scoring daddy/daughter time and some vested interest in her bike. (The saddle was off her old bike-i hate it, she loves it)

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Picked up this mid-70s Libertas for a song/saved from the potential trash heap because of a bent front fork. The frame itself is 531 main triangle and probably hi-ten stays/fork, but dang if that 1st-gen Dura Ace black series isn't in amazing shape!
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hella good trade

That looks familiar...I think it was posted in the EBay/CL thread...

If it was the one I posted it looks even better here!

I didn’t see that in here—did you post for a Craigslist ad in Flagstaff AZ? The fork was damaged enough that it came down in price quite a bit. Wouldn’t be safe to ride as-is but the groupset is in great shape still!

on the 28th...

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(are fork bent? Might be angle of photo?)

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1972 Libertas Mann Road Bike 58cm - $150 (Flagstaff)I’ve had this bike for a few years and rode it sparingly as a townie bike. It’s in good shape. Could probably use a tune as I haven’t ridden it this year. It has downtube shifters which shift by feel so it takes a bit getting used to.

58cm
Shimano components
Shimano Dura-Ace cranks
Shimano Crane derailleur

you were on it! And yes; bent fork. The front wheel didn’t match the rear but was era-appropriate, so there was probably a front-end collision back in the mid-late 70s that wrecked
the original front wheel and put this bike into the rafters for the last 40 years. It sold for $75; I’m using the 1st gen dura ace for another build—the full build kit is in really nice shape still

My #2 daughter outgrowing her 20”.
Please let me know if you want to let go of 24”.

My buddy that rode with me garagesaleing moved down to Tennessee. He pulled this out at his local garbage site for me, lol. I guess when gas drops a buck or two he'll be driving out to visit his mom and pull another trailer of crap back.

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Another knee-jerk reaction to a higher-end rigid mtb for cost of a tank of gas. All original down to the Deore DX pedals and funky tapered TCO post. Made in Japan, I assume Panasonic. I noticed other years are Prestige, this looks to be lesser grade. Still feels reasonably thin-walled.

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Two finds yesterday, both off FB marketplace: 1977 Schwinn Superior (kind of beat) and a pristine 1985+/- Nishiki Comp III. Nishiki is mostly tri color 600.
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1977 Superior
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Nishiki Comp III