Yeah, I was assuming that - thanks for confirming!

jemaleddin There was a triple Motobecane crank set on eBay just recently. And a moderately good price for that rare a part. I have messed with a Moto Super Mirage, now an 18 gear 6/3. Obviously not the best gear ratios but with a little practice the bike is a pleasure that I am setting up for a touring bike. Good luck with your hunt.
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I wish I could share pictures, but I recently rescued a 1973 Motoconfort Junior Sprint in beautiful electric blue.. so cool

jemaleddin Don't rule out thrift store bikes as a source for your missing parts. It seems like a fair number of 80's bikes are ending up there these days. That would probably be much cheaper than trying to buy off ebay.
Good luck with the rust repair!

I’m not much of a bike mechanic at the moment and don’t really know how compatible different brands and parts are, but I’m heading down to my local bike co-op where I volunteer tomorrow night to see what guidance and parts they have to offer. 😀

Thanks! I did just see the exact original cassette on eBay and bought it, partly because I had just missed out on a set of cranks with FUJI in big letters stamped into them. 😀 But I will be consulting all the local sources of aging bikes I can.

Speaking of rust, I keep looking at the small amount I have and wondering how much I even need to treat it at this point? I scraped at it a little, but I think I might just get some Evapo-Rust gel and dab a little on, and when it’s done apply some car touch-up paint? Or am I an idiot?

I would definitely do something. Evaporust can help, or one of the rust converter products. If you do nothing, that rust will do more damage. Yes, you'll need to do touch up, but that can be fun too. Testors paints sometimes work. Many of us use nail polish due to the color selections available.

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Early/Mid 90's (91 possibly?) Cross bike. SHould serve as a quality town bike. Nice Tange cromo frame and shimano 400cx components.

Your local coop is not likely to have the parts specifically for your bike. eBay may not be the most reliable place to find a bike part but they often have parts that you cannot find elsewhere. But who knows?

Oh yeah, my plan is to use the co-op (where I just started volunteering) to answer questions and find some temporary parts while I search for more authentic ones. The fact that I’ve only got 10 of the 18 gears bums me out, but any working triple crankset that works will do for a while. On the other hand, the very elegant vintage pedals aren’t wide enough for my feet, let alone my shoes, so I’ll be checking for a suitable replacement.

Spring time at the scrap yard... If I had been there 10 minutes earlier but I got 3 out of 6 wheels to work with... The Trek has a busted rear wheel, snapped rear derailleur, and a tweaked derailleur hanger,, but I stole the wheelset off of an aluminum Specialized Hybrid, so we're most of the way there.

P.S. I found a nasty dent on the headtube of the Trek and there's a slight bend on the right seat stay, so... its not a bike.. Too bad because there's no sign that it was ever ridden. The fork is a keeper with the mid blade rack mounts and the STX bits are nice.. https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...ec11523694.jpg

The Schwinn boasts of double butted tubbing, but it was the Sugino MP compact double crankset that sold me.
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And I found another vice. This ones a 58 pound 5" Wilton 745, with decades of hard use and caked on crud, but at least know I know what color it was. I also stripped the Aluminum Hybrid, which had a frozen suspension fork. I have a couple similar bikes missing bits so hopefully there's some win there.

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Unfortunately the outside under a tarp bike pile has been building faster than I can deal with them.. first world problems I guess.

Probably a good thing you found it instead of me. 😂 I would likely Bondo the dent, straighten the stay, and then repaint and re-decal it. But I need another project like that like I need another of the proverbial holes in my head, and it looks like it’s the same for you. But that’s a nice size Multitrack. Most of the ones I come across are smaller. And that’s how it starts . . .

I'm slowly coming to terms with not being able to "save" them all"....

Not intending for bikes, but will likely get used on them, bag was sitting next to trash in the alley. Repair kit for phones/tablets, etc

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Unopened Multi-meter - replaces the one I left on a jobsite + small Torx and Philips bit drivers
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A bunch of picks/lever/tweezers, etc + Suction cups + some rolls of ??? tapes
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Full small bit kit
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I fell off the wagon..... again. This Kuwahara Cutlass is a parts donor, I picked it up a couple days ago. I mainly wanted the crankset. 4130 Chrome Moly with lots of rack mounts.

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I picked up this Takara after work today, it was about a block off my regular commute. Its fate is yet to be determined, I bought it for the barcons. It's an earlier one if the head badge is any indication. There are no signs of any decals except for a tiny little "Made in Japan" sticker just above the BB shell on the seat tube. It's my size but even though the wheels, seat post, stem, bars, etc. are all aluminum it is also a real boat anchor. Reminds me a bit of my Soma Prestige only a lot heavier.
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The Prestige for comparison.
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I am totally on board with not being able to save them all, but they need to quit crossing my path all the time. Didn't need this one, but who would pass up a 1997 Specialized Sirrus for $50 with a full RSX group and the shifters are working well. Still needs to be totally rebuilt, but great bones and a solid ride.
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Interesting mix of upgraded parts. I do not remember it as a triple crank and certainly not those brake levers, and probably not the same FD and RD. $50! That is impressive.

Set set of modified campy pedals covered with epoxy were uncovered at The Bikery. The bearings roll clean, and a new modification is in order.
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The the ended were slashed and flattened. I went and hacked the ends off and will file down to track pedal profiles. Most of the epoxy has been removed from one. The upside down pedal still has big blobs of glue on the body. These pedals have metal dust caps.

There are a large number of old Campy parts in my "back-up bin". I hate seeing them trashed like this but feel for the fellow/gal who fell off the bike to the left (road) side of the highway. There is undoubtedly a story to tell. Converting is the only option...

And the dust caps appear to be in pretty good shape. ;)

I clearly have NO willpower whatsoever.......
 

So other than a Rossi badly in need of a lot of TLC what the heck did I buy? Mid 80's? I'll give it this, it's fairly light but I think the fork may be slightly bent....... :innocent: Frame is fine though. I have no idea what I'm going to do with it just yet.

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Murray Missile
You're gonna learn how to straighten fork blades! Smiles, MH

Don't feel to bad, I have the exact same problem, and for the past two years now it's all I have been able to do to find time to adjust the tarps periodically to make sure the bikes are staying covered. I even have replacement parts I bought two years back for select of the bikes I already had at that time and have never managed to have the time to get around to doing the actual refurbishment work. So far this year I have come across two extremely cheap Trek ($40 or less) Trek bikes that have "followed me home". I desperately need to find the time get out there and get back to refurbishing those bikes.

Nope. Already been down that road, I just made them worse. Fortunately the bike was already scrap so no harm done but I know a guy...... :thumb: If he can't straighten them he can probably graft the steerer tube onto another fork.

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Couple more questionable acquisitions. The Raleigh has a a clean hub and a bunch of shiny proprietary bits. The Motobecane has some salvageable Japanese bits with a bit of French surprise expected .