A very nice and elusive acquisition..Congratulations!
Best, Ben

Mixed up Mixte - picked up cheap from a local flipper
Odd collection of parts - Brooks saddle (ladies B17S) and grips (both currently wet, as bought), Campagnolo Xenon Brakes, Shimano BL-R440 brake levers , Campagnolo 10spd Veloce Crank, claw hanger - Shimano rear derailleur, Shimano Z401 stem shifter, No front derailleur, Nitto stem, unknown bars? MKS Sylvan pedals, Specialized water bottle cage (headed to a my 87' Sirrus), 27" nutted chromed steel rims/generic hubs? assuming it is a repaint - no decals

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Light action Shimano clawed RD and Campy Veloce and Xenon. That is an odd bird.

LOL...said on 12/31. Well played.

My wife didn't seem to see the humor in it,I suspect I'm not done paying for this one. :lol:

Just remember that Jewelry always fits and never gets returned! Smiles, MH

I'll be that they must always be glad to see you and the "war department" when you visit Cartier and Tiffany's.....:D
Best, Ben

Ben,
Yes I am on a first name basis with the owners of the shop "Gold Casters". There was an inventory list but it was discontinued when it got longer than my rap sheet. And one kid at the counter asked if one item was 'real' with eyes as big as pie plates. I reassured him it was indeed 'real' and let him know that 3.2 carats is not that big, but he was pretty incredulous non the less.
The other shop in town closed because the owner retired, and now I don't have anyone to work on my 50 year old automatic watches. The "War Department" liked that shop owner better and shopped there quite frequently, If gold keeps going up I may be forced to sell off a frame or two to keep the noise down to a loud roar. Smiles, MH

In this case it's just a new chair for the living room. :)

Lucky you! Smiles, MH

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seat stay cap marked Sir Wally

evidently an example from the Huffman era

appears early 'lxxx's

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I tried to pass up this "investment in my future".... I've collected a bit of this extrusion stuff. A lot of its beat up, but when and if I get to building frames, I figure I'll have plenty of small stuff for jigs. I wish I'd had this technology around when I was a shop rat making stuff for a living.

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^^^^^^^^ Looks like you have the beginnings of a framebuilding jig made from 80/20 aluminum extrusion. :)

I've got a bunch of smaller 80/20 to work with. I figure when its time, I can buy a large cross section as a main beam, and have some confidence hasn't been on a dumpster ride.

A pile of 80/20 is a great thing for an inventive person to have...

Kind of a jack pot today with all sorts of goodies. A batch of Silca pumps (some need rebuilt), 2 wheels with internal hubs (One Faraday and one Shimano Alfine), about 20 boxes of spokes of assorted sizes, a few wheels (2 Mavic Reflex tubulars) and a 1994 Schwinn Crosstrail with the goofy Glen bars pretty much in original condition and just needs a good clean and tune. And a cool brake amplifier display from back in the day for bike shops. I have never seen one of those. Fun stuff!
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brandenjs Congrats on the score. I've got a couple of those 1994 Schwinn Hybrids. The "Glen" bars foam covers seem to be a problem. I overhauled one of mine a couple of years back and bought some foam grip tubes online. The stuff I got has not held up well and cracked and deteriorated after only a year or two. There were other sources, but not at the longer lengths needed for the Schwinn.

Stopped at the LBS to pick up my Gitane Interclub frame. It looks great and as usual he didn't charge enough. I mentioned I had gone on a Zeus Criterium buying spree. He motioned for me to follow him into the side room, he reached in a box and pulled out a Zeus Criterium seat post. It's a 26.8 and my seat tube is a 27.2 so I'll have to shim it 0,2mm or .008". I ordered a shim pack of assorted 3" X 6" brass shims. It has 6 shims in .002" increments including .008". It has about the same "patina" as the frameset and the rest of the components and should clean up fairly well.

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I am thinking of just using bar wrap on this one. The foam has an appeal but for regular use it's not very durable. These are cool bikes for not being very high end. Standard package is pretty cool.

In it to wynn it!
 

Here is a Wynn cyclocross from the local coop. I've got the frame cleaned up, the fork has been checked headset rebuilt, still need to check remove the cranks and bb. I think this is going to work out good.

From what they said at the coop it's made local to Seattle circa 2000, it's made of Reynolds 653.
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Now I'm glad I did not buy a Cramerotti jiggle back.

I went to throw some scrap metal in the recycling bin at the local dump. When I peered into the skip to see what else was in there (as you do...) there was a very rusty old roadster with a Brooks Professional saddle. Naturally the saddle came home with me.... Pictures later.

Yep, always have a few tools with you, just in case.

hazetguy Nice save. Whether you flip or harvest, you win. Too nice to be trashed.

Please don't cannibalize that bike, or even do a part swap, sell it like it is, it's a vintage bike and it should remain complete and original as possible. Clean it up extremely well, polish the paint and all aluminum stuff, including the spokes with a wax, make it shine like crazy and sell it.

Sounds like you're volunteering for the job. ;)

And yes I agree with you but.....