Only two? ;)

I'm a humble guy ;)

Actually three:

A wood rimmed frejus at $500 which I didn't know enough about at the time to snag.
The Ross.
A pink lotus super aero pro...but I did eventually get one (unfortunately not pink).

DQ...you might enjoy this thread:

http://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...oss-bikes.html

A scion of the Ross family chimes in and it's very interesting stuff.

Ross was a big deal near me because it was Allentown. When I was of that age, people had moved on from De Rosa/Colnago lust and a TK designed Merlin was THE most lusted for bike no one I knew could afford. One guy let me ride his at the NE airport training races once...it made my Spwcialized Sirrus seem like a Flexy POS.

1970s Bob Jackson with full Campy
 

1970s Campagnolo Equipped Road Bike

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Fully equipped Bob Jackson in excellent condition!

Selling part of my soul with this lovely vintage bike.

56 CM, Columbus frame and fork, all components neuvo record.

Mondia Special with Campy
 

Here's a somewhat rare bird.

Vintage Mondia Special *campagnolo

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Classic Mondia for sale. Very nice lugged steel frame with Reynolds 531 tubing. Made in Switzerland. Campy components and Mafac brakes. Wheels are campy laced to Mavic MA40s. Call or text for more info, thanks.

Vintage Elswick Bicycle - Made in England - $550
 

Looks to be in great condition. I don't really know where Elswicks stand in the pantheon of English bikes; I wouldn't pay $550 for it, but perhaps someone knows more than I about this:

https://salem.craigslist.org/bik/5855516185.html

1973 Raleigh Competition
 

1973 Raleigh Competition 57cm Vintage Road Bike Original

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Very nice original 1973 Raleigh Competition, Reynolds 531 double butted lugged steel. Frame is 57-cm center to center on the seat tube, top tube is 57-cm center to center. Original black, all the original decals. Original Normandy high-flange red label tubular wheelset. TA double cranks, Huret Jubilee derailleurs, Suntour barcons, GB stem/bars, Avocet saddle. Nice clean original 40-year old bike, no dents, no crashes, in storage for the last 20 years. Original sewups, so you'll want to put on new tires. $475 firm.

1968 Raleigh Carlton Super Course
 

So many nice vintage bikes close to me on CL! More nice pics if you click the ad link.

58cm 1968 Raleigh Carlton Super Course w Reynolds 531

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This may well be the classic vintage bike that you have looking for.
It looks and rides swell.
The bike is all original. Reynolds 531 CroMoly steel frame & forks
Brooks saddle
Forged GB stem
Wheel set has high flange hubs laced to aluminum Weinman rims w double butted spokes. It even has the original metal valve stem caps. The brake hoods are in great shape, no evidence of crashing, no dents, no dings, no rust. All original cables and housings.
The chrome is shiny and the paint is still lustrous although some of the original stickers have long since peeled off. Replacements are readily available on line. Come check out this piece of cycling history. L'Eorica anyone?

I'm glad you got that bike DQrider, it looks like a real winner!

That seller in Plymouth seems okay, and he overhauls the bikes from what I can tell. He has some nice bikes come through fairly often if not exactly from the goldmine.

They aren't real old but the Scwinn Criss-Crosses are nice, winter bikes especially should one have to go through some awful weather.

It's got the special derailleur in from of the cog cluster for that one year, I wish that was done more.

Schwinn CrissCross Hybrid Bike - 19"

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The Retrogrouch: Nivex: The Grandfather of Parallelogram Derailleurs

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZRWpEl4d4N...600/Slide1.jpg

They certainly shift well and then, the butterfly bars too, even if the stock bf bars are a bit heavy.

Very attractive, here is the Bob Jackson Cycles website.
Bob Jackson Cycles

So, the lug on the headtube has those holes in it, it looks like for a lamp I gather.

WOW.

What a beautiful bike. It looks smaller than a size 56 though.

I'd been noticing that for quite a while now.

Vintage Trek 700 series, Suntour Superbe full, Cinelli, Reynolds 531
 

Looks to be a 1983 model 760, no size listed, but my guess is 57-58cm:

Vintage Trek 700 series , Suntour Superbe full , Cinelli , Reynolds 531 | eBay

Might need a facilitator for this one.....

Not sure if this is interesting...
 

Trek 330
Trek 330 Road Bike 59cm

Does that crank have some kind of cover? If not it has some catastrophic cracking

http://i.imgur.com/8KGmbXJ.jpg

Cool Motobecane Tandem $350

https://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/bik/5841875602.html

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Stock drum and rim brake rear. Neat biplane-ish fork crown.

Neat!

Nice bike but I thought radial lacing a high flange Nuovo record hub was a no no.

Over-priced, but could be nice with a bunch of elbow grease.

Centurion Road Bike


Centurion Road Bike - $500 (Allston)

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condition: good
make / manufacturer: Centurion
model name / number: Elite RS
size / dimensions: 58cm - 23"
Superb road bike. I've put lots of love into this ride but am finally ready to part with it for something new. Its an 80's era Centurion with mostly campagnolo components. It's got drop handlebars with integrated levers. The chain is a little rusty in the photos but I plan to replace it before making a sale. I'm a mechanic so feel free to ask any condition questions (I'm not bashful)
do NOT contact me with unsolicited services or offers

Lateral strength is mainly in the rim, so it doesn't matter how the wheel is laced.

Radial strength in torque is in lacing and goes roughly as the square of the crossings, so a 4x pattern is 16x stronger than a radially laced wheel. If you choose to lace a rear hub in radial, particularly a vintage hub and rim, expect disaster.

On the front, it doesn't matter so much because it never sees the level of torque as the rear.

All that said, it looks cool, but I'd never do it on the front, either. If I bought that, I'd check it out, and if it was suspicious, I'd relace it.

I don't think the concern is how strong the wheel is:

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/i...d-rear-hub.jpg

Norco Monterey SL - $145
 

70's vintage Norco road bike--all original, excellent

https://images.craigslist.org/00W0W_...G_1200x900.jpg

For sale a classic 12 speed road bike from Canadian company Norco. Monterey SL model 56 cm frame with nice lug work and paint, and "NORCO" engraving in seat stays.

Sugino GT cranks, new Shimano sealed bottom bracket, Suntour Superbe group including indexing "power shifters". ARAYA alloy 27" rims are true, with new Panaracer tires. Side pull brakes have fine-adjustment feature.

This rare classic was purchased in Quebec, Canada, and still has original bar tape (I'll include new rolls), and a great NORCO handlebar bag.

Clean, lubed and adjusted, everything works perfectly.

$145

Thanks for looking. Jon

That's a rear pista, and a different hub than the Record high flange set in the original post. Everything I wrote stands. If you want to put too much torque on any hub that's been treated poorly, you get the same thing. Radial on the rear is very bad. Radial lacing on the front shouldn't matter too much.