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Old 06-24-13, 08:38 PM
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Classic Specialized Allez Pro - $400 (Hyannis)
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"Ultraga"? I'm surprised that he didn't spell it "componets"!
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"Ultraga"? I'm surprised that he didn't spell it "componets"!
Hmmm, I thought it was spelled Ultcrapa.
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Turin? Anyone heard of it? Looks like a nice mixte:

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[h=2]1970's Turin Bike - $85 (Spokane NW)[/h]
I have a nice Turin bike that I would like to sell. The bike is in great condition and rides great. The only thing that it might need are new tubes for the tires. It also might just need air. The bike was made in the 70's. I'm looking to get around $85.00 for it but will consider all offers.
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Turin bike shops were in Chicago and Denver during the bikeboom years. I bought one in 1971. Mine was a rebranded Belgian frame with French and Japanese components Mine came with a Brooks B-17 which I still have.
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Nice bike once you ditch the turkey levers...

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[h=2]Shogun road/ touring bike - $245 (waltham)[/h]

22-1/2' Tange2 frame Shogun 1500 with very low almost no miles on it. Shimano Deore 6x3 with Sakae crank and Suzue sealed bearing hubs. All original in VeryGood condition, tires are in good condition too, clean and road worthy as is.
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[h=2]59 cm Trek Road Bike: in great condition - $125 (East Cambridge)[/h]

I've had this bike for a while and it's been really good to me. It rides smoothly and has relatively new brakes installed. Come check it out!
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Vintage stowable Peugeot DA 22 bikes - $100 for the pair! (Scotch Plains NJ)https://cnj.craigslist.org/bik/3888613891.html
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Miyata 1000 near Lincoln Nebraska
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Gorgeous '71 Raleigh.....

[h=2]Beautiful Vintage Raleigh Road Bike: Lovely Commuter - $500 (NE Portland/ Cully)[/h]


This beauty was ridden for years with love and care before being professionally re-painted, ridden a bit more then stashed away into dry storage for most of it's life. This would make a great around town bike for someone looking for a nice commuter, or a sweet piece of history to add to your vintage collection.

Fully tuned-up by a professional mechanic with new tires, tubes, brake pads, cables, housing and bar tape. The entire bike is in excellent shape.
Size is a 55cm (55cm center of cranks to mid top tube, 56cm mid seat stay to mid head tube).
This should approximately fit someone 5'7"- 5"10".

1971 Raleigh Professional
-- Reynolds 531 double butted tubing.
--Full Campy Nuovo Record brakes, derailleurs and cranks
--52x45 crank chainrings, with 172.5 arms
--Brooks Professional saddle.
--5-speed freewheel, Regina Oro, with Regina Oro chain.
--TTT Record stem

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Norwegian frameset, Reynolds 531, Nervex pro lugs...looks a bit like a Gitane TdF/Peugeot PX10...but from Norway.
$125 on CL, SF BayArea
Includes a Stronglight HS and BB, 22" seat tube
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/bik/3895222411.html

Note: Huret DOs and forkends...

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Norwegian frameset, Reynolds 531, Nervex pro lugs...looks a bit like a Gitane TdF/Peugeot PX10...but from Norway.
$125 on CL, SF BayArea
Includes a Stronglight HS and BB, 22" seat tube
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[h=2]1980's Puch mountain bike - $80[/h]


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[h=2]TRENDY LADIES RALEIGH BICYCLE - $75[/h]


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[h=2]Puch Brigadier road bike - $275[/h]


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'75 Raleigh Super Course





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'88 Schwinn Prelude $230 19" Columbus Tenax frame Suntour drivetrain

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[h=2]Schwinn Paramount Series 2 PDG Road Bicycle - $349 (Lexington, MA )[/h] +-

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[h=2]52 cm Chinook Road Bike - Steve Bauer - $300 (Jeffries Point)[/h] +-

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Women's 12-speed road back. Stored in a garage

The bike is in great condition and has been stored in a shed. It has had limited wear and tear.

Perfect for a quick daily commute. sumner st. (google map) (yahoo map)
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photo isn't great, but ...

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[h=2]Trek 400 (52cm) - $150 (Baltimore City)[/h]
Trek 400 in good shape.

The handle bars and the brakes have been converted from a road drop bar style to a straight handle bar for commuter biking. Great for biking in the city.

Please email me if you are interested in taking a look.
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Bianchi Specialissima

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[h=2]Celeste Bianchi Specialissima - $460 (SE - buckman neighborhood)[/h]


Hello hello. Today I'm selling my vintage celeste Bianchi Speccialissima. This bike has been great to me, but I'm over riding vintage bikes and want to upgrade to a more modern-style bike. Selling for less than what I paid for it initially and I'm open to trades -- I'll add $$ if a nicer bike, please no fixies (already have one), and please no other vintage style bikes. Specs and pics below -- please email me if you'd like to come by and check out the bike, I usually answer pretty quickly! Thanks for looking!

Measurements:
Toptube: 55cm ctc
Seattube: 54.5cm ctc
27.2mm Seatpost
700c wheels

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F. Der - Campagnolo Nuovo Record
R. Der - Campagnolo Nuovo Record
Shifters - Campagnolo Super Record
Crankset - Ofmega fluted cranks (rare) 170mm
Pedals - Shimano platform/SPD collabo's
Bars - Italmanubri Mod Europa Super Racing 40cm
Stem - Italmanubri 100mm
Brakes - Modolo America
Brake Levers - Ofmega/Modolo aero routed
F Wheel - Ofmega hub laced to Mavic rim 700c
R Wheel - Shimano 8/9/10sp hub laced to matching Mavic rim 700c
Cassette - Shimano 8sp Hyperglide cassette
Seatpost - Sugino Pantographed ruler / measure
Saddle - Brooks b17 vintage

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Lugged steel. Not certain of tubing, but most likely Columbus SL. Columbus decals on fork legs still remain. Pantographs on fork crown and seat stay caps. Fender mounts. Frame has some cosmetic damage (normal wear and tear of a bike) but frame is structurally intact - no dents, cracks, etc.

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Looks like a solid price on an attractive rigid MTB:

Reply fc7rw-3890164245@sale.craigslist.org [?] flag [?] : miscategorized prohibited spam best of Posted: 2013-06-23, 4:48PM EDT
Gary Fisher Mountain Bike 17" Frame Gitche Gumee - $180 (Southampton Bucks County)


GARY FISHER GITCHE GUMEE MOUNTAIN BIKE
17" Tange Cro-Molly Steel Frame With a Stand over Height of 27.5" This is a small frame bike should be good for someone in the 5' to 5' 6" range. Has Weinman 26" Alloy Rims, Front /Rear Rims, Seat Post all Quick Release,
i DO HAVE OTHER SEATS AVAILABLE


Great Looking/ Riding bike that is a Pleasure to ride, .
Perfect bike for Trail Riding, Commuting, Pleasure or a ride around the Block.
, You could ride it home..


Any questions or take it for a spin Paul 215-354-0992.. cell 215-779-5436 Calling is better and Faster Than Email
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[h=2]Vintage waterford frame - $200: https://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/bik/3895653229.html[/h]
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[h=2]Raleigh International 1974 - $650[/h] 1974 Raleigh International in Champaign. The bike has all Campagnolo drive train, headset and seatpost and original Weinmann brakes and levers with Carlton marked hoods, white Velox end plugs and Brooks Professional saddle. The chrome is perfect, the paint has the scratches, and surface rust you have to expect on a 40-year-old bike and that is reflected in the price. The frame is a 23 1/2" that Raleigh recommended for a rider 5'9" to 6'2". It currently has piod correct Weinmann clincher rims and tires but if you prefer the original sewups, you can have those instead. Either set of wheels would be mounted to Campagnolo Nuevo Record hubs and the sewups would have the original AVA rims. If you are not familiar with the bike it is Reynolds 531 butted frame forks and stays built at the Carlton Works in Worksop England who built all of Raleigh's racing and top of the line bikes during this period. The lugs on the head tube and the fork crown are chromed Nervex and the forks and stays have chromed socks as the chromed ends were called. For a lot of vintage bike lovers this is their grail bike because of the reputation for doin everything well and looking good in the process. This is what Sheldon Brown said about the International: https://sheldonbrown.com/retroraleigh...rnational.html The price is absolutely firm unless you want to pay more. Please include a valid phone number of I will not respond.



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[h=2]DIAMOND BACK Small Frame Track bike with 6 Speeds - $120 (Malden)[/h]
Older model but - Well made 6 Speed 20" bicycle Quailty built by the Diamond Back bicycle company (this is not a department store bike it was purchased at a bicycle shop).

Easy shifting Shimano thumb shifter, with a Shimano indexing derailer

New street tires and tubes

Shimano front and rear hand brakes with a drum rear all weather system stops wet or dry.

Araya aluminum wheels with Areo track covers

Just serviced, tuned/lubed, brakes and cables adjusted.

$120

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[h=2]Vitus Dural 959 Road Bicycle 54 CM - $550 (Georgetown)[/h]

Up for sale is a vintage mid-late 1980's Vitus 979 road bike. This bicycle was Vitus highest quality production model at the time and was handmade in France using a bonded aluminum construction process by TVT (a French aerospace company) utilizing a dry heat activated epoxy method of joining the tubes together. This is the Frame that Sean Kelly rode in 1980s to victories in his 1986, 1987 and 1988 Paris-Nice wins, as well as the 1998 GC win at the Vuelta a Espana. A fine example of one of France's finest production model aluminum bikes from that era. This Vitus features a 54 cm frame featuring Mavic Rims, and Inner Frame Cable Routing on the Top Tube plus, Ultegra 600 componentry, 3T Handlebars, Bar End Shifters .Recently, Professionally tuned, and ready for its new owner.The 979 is a lugged aluminum bicycle. Although it's not the oldest aluminum bike, it's probably the first to gain widespread use in the pro peloton, most notably used by Sean Kelly (multiple TdF green-jersey winner and all-round cool Irish guy) of KAS for many seasons. The 979 is considered a bonded frame, in that the frame tubing is heat-bonded into the aluminum lugs through an adhesive and heat-bonding. Interestingly, the OUTER diameter of the frame tubing is larger than the INNER diameter of the lugs, making for a rather tight fit. A finished 979 is an extremely light, yet sturdy frame--among the lightest made before 1990--and provides an extremely comfortable ride. The Vitus 979 is a true classic of cyclosport history which was revolutionary for its time and is still highly prized by collectors today. The 979 was among the first wave of aluminium-framed bikes to replace steel tubing in pro peloton, most notably under Sean Kelly who rode a 979-framed bike in several Tours de France." Interestingly, the OUTER diameter of the frame tubing is larger than the INNER diameter of the lugs, making for a rather tight fit. A finished 979 is an extremely light, yet sturdy frame--among the lightest made before 1990--and provides an extremely comfortable ride. Pictures show the excellent condition of this bike. Please call 97eight-2 seven zero-eight eight 91 for any futher information, Thank you for reading this ad
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