A couple of weeks ago I went to "The Great American Garage Sale", a huge church fundraiser in a mall parking lot. They traditionally have a lot of bikes at these things and this one was on par with past years. I arrived an hour early with my daughter and a neice only to find ourselves 150-200 people back. Not everyone is there for the bikes mind you, but many of them were. Of the 75+ bikes they had, 65 were snatched up in the first 15 minutes. By the time we got in the really good stuff was gone, we did manage to get 6 bikes though.....A nice womans Peugeot, a Schwinn Super Sport, a womans 87 Schwinn Traveller, a Raleigh Sprite 27, a Bottecchia mixte and a Hercules road bike missing a front wheel. When the guy checked me out he added up the prices on Peugeot, SS and the Traveller and the other 3 he said free, free, free.....here's pics of the Super Sport and the Sprite.

This ones shimano. I also have a bridgestone also

Nice score(s) rOck!

I wish I found bikes in the trash or at garage sales.

Dump find.

Did a paint job for a friend of mine and just got my hands on a Shogun 600 in trade!...Early 80's I think...pics to come...How do I find the year..I have the serial number but can't find a database.

I imagine this is the sale held in Naperville every year.You got some nice bikes considering that many were gone by the time you got in.

Super score!
Don't let that Sugino PX crank go, it's a keeper

Cheers,
Chris

Hit a community street sale today and picked up 4 bikes. Lets start with the best one, a 1982 Trek 710 Touring bike. Full Reynolds 531 frame, Brooks Team Professional saddle and in great (but a bit dirty) condition.

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Next up a Nishiki Rivieria GT touring bike. Also is very nice shape.

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Next comes a city bike made in Poland - Arkus brand -- ridden maybe 3x

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Finally a China made Schwinn Cross Fit that is sitting at a neighbor's house to see if they want to buy it.

I feel really really lucky to have snagged the two touring bikes and wish the Trek were my size and not the Nishiki, since it has more panache.

Ya know, if you really don't like that Nishiki I'd be happy to take it off your hands.....

Great scores there! I've been looking for an early to mid eighties touring bike for five years now. Nothing comes along that is reasonably priced, and here you have two in the same day. Color me green!

Wordbiker, are those KKT pedals?

Nice find sonatageek!

It was a Schwinn kind of day.
Saw an ad on CL for a Traveler for $35. Called the guy and he mentioned he had a few other bikes so I decided to take a look to see what he had. The Traveler is rough from being left out in the weather. Frame is good and looks to be a Giant built frame like my 88 World Sport. Nothing was stuck on it but a LOT of polishing on the aluminum to get it back in shape. I need to get a Schwinn Free hub tool and Pick up a set of tires this week for it.

It dates out to be a 85 23 inch with Sugino cranks, SR bars and stem and AR Derailleurs. Wheels a reasonably true. Should make a good rider.




One of the other bike turns out to be a 1977 Super Le Tour 12.2. Some chips in the paint but it is complete and has every know accessory know toi the Schwinn sales man! Dyno lights, Schwinn labeled speedometer that drives off the tire and rack.

Unfortunately the lens assembly is missing for the head light. I need to hunt one down.

4130 CroMo 25 inch frame, Letour cranks, Shimano 600 RD and a Shimano 60FD. Should clean up nice.

Now why the heck is it so heavy!?!?!! I thought the Le Tour was suppose to be a lighter bike but it is noticeably heavier then the Traveler.



Old guy did piss me off and change the price when I got there. Got him close to what he quoted me but still mad about it.

The Super Le Tour is Bigger and has a whole bunch of extra stuff mounted on it. Seems that would explain most of the weight difference. Nice Finds!!

How's the seatpost on the Super LeTour........they have a reputation for being stickers, as I am finding out the hard way

Not it. Already pulled the bent rack off it. The 2 inches extra tube does not weigh enough to account for this weight. The Traveler is listed as a 26lb bike. This Le Tour is every bit of 30lb if not more.

Trying to find the listed weight. Ahh I found it https://www.geocities.com/sldatabook/...977superletour Listed weight is 26.5 lb for the 21 inch I would assume. The Traveler is listed as 26lb so they list out the same but there is NO WAY that generator weighs that much more. Wonder if somebody shot some sealant into the tubes?



I'll scale it when I get home tomorrow. The Traveler is already in pieces with some of the crusty parts in the electrolysis tub having the rust removed. It will be a few days before I can get a weight on it.

This one looks to have been kept inside so I am hoping for the best. I think it will be ok. The Traveler is a 1000 times worse looking as far as weathering and it was free. The traveler is so bad I sanded the Stem with 220 gring then 400 then 600 then polished it to get it cleaned up. Going to have to do the same with the cranks ands I may hit the rims with 600. It's that bad yet the frame looks really good.

Looks like it has every single accessory Schwinn offered, that would definitely explain the weight. I wouldn't have any of that stuff on there myself, or a greatly reduced number of accessories anyway. And yeah those generator light kits are that heavy. They could be every bit of three pounds, or close to it. The mirror adds a little poundage too.,,,,BD

Pick this Haro up at a bike swap yesterday. I believe it's a mid 90s Haro Vector with a few blue ano bits. I intend to make this a 1x7 with a thumb shifter for the rear cassette. It also has an 1 1/8 headtube with a threaded fork and quill stem which can easily be replaced with a suspension fork as time and funds allow.

I do a lot of my mountain bike riding in an old strip mine that is loaded with roller coaster trails where alot of shifting is not really required. This bike should fit the bill nicely, a great find in my eyes.

My first post in this thread! Thanks to the eagle eye of cb400Bill, who has facilitated 50% of my CV bike purchases ever (2 of 4 so far!), I was able to pick up this c1983 Miyata 210 from the garage of a retired gentleman in Indiana. It was an easy pickup, just off I-80, and coincidentally we were on a trip back from the East Coast, and to top it off I'd just picked up another CL find in Ohio!

It was dark by the time we arrived and I could see the bike was pretty dirty and had surface rust--at least. But the seatpost (clearly wrong) came out so I figured it couldn't be that bad, and the price ($25) was certainly right. And the bike even seems to be my size.

I posted below about the seat tube issues; the seatpost that was in was too small (25mm, should be 26.8) and the binder had been cranked down (without proper binder bolt or washers) so the tube was deformed. I was able to get it opened back up enough to accept a 26.6 seatpost I had, and added a generic seat that came off one of our kids bikes some time ago.

A lot of cleaning and a fix of a stuck chain link has yielded a bike that's at least rideable. This is all new territory to me and having come this far I am thinking this would be a good bike to do a first full fixup on. Disassembly, acid bath for rust, clean, repack bearings, etc. I don't want it to turn into a neverending project though---and Mrs Al would certainly agree with that.

The chain and freewheel are both rusty and may be just as easily replaced. New rubber all around of course--tires and brake pads appear to be original! Besides the seat/seatpost, the only change I can find is the RD, switched for a Shimano Exage (off an MTB?) and a cute little counter-computer on the front wheel.

The one thing I may not be able to deal with is the rear wheel which is substantially out of round and has a visible flat spot. I have no experience with adjusting spokes but suspect this is beyond adjustment. I'd be grateful for any advice on that.

Maybe I'd be better off flipping this one for a modest profit and putting the money towards a better candidate, and I may still do that, but so far so good!

A customer brought in a 1963 Huffy Avanti today. Someone sanded it done to bare metal and painted it grey. I am in the process of removing the paint and shining the metal.

Chicago Al, it's hard to say whether the wheel is worth fixing. Is the rim steel or aluminum? Nashbar currently has some wheels at a good price, but I think they're only 700c, and I don't think you'd want to have two different size wheels if your front wheel is 27". There's an 8mm difference in diameter between 27" and 700c.

I agree with replacing the chain, freewheel, and rubber. Be sure to get new rim strips, too. It's very frustrating to get the tubes and tires in place and then realize you can't proceed because your rim strip just snapped from dry rot.

You did good for the price..real good. the frame was worth every penny. Nice cranks as well and a factory rack to boot.
If the coin for new rims is a problem but you like the bike otherwise then sit on it and watch for a set of rims to show up on CL or keep looking for bikes with good wheels at a good price. Swap all the good parts onto the 210 and sell the doaner bike as a project. You might even make some coin on it.

Picked up this sharp looking TREK 2000 yesterday. Full Dura Ace 7 speed group (brake levers, brakes, crank, front & rear derailleurs, hubs, freewheel & shifters). I swapped the original curvy seatpost with a straight one. Comes also with a Profile aerobar, mini-pump, bag with spare tubes & tire levers, bottle cage, water bottle, QR gel seat cover, two spare tires and a wired computer. The bike is amazingly light; frame and components have no major scratches. All for a decent price of $150. Seller was very nice too. I will be busy for awhile cleaning it up.

Thats a steal! Nice find.

Jake