where are your bikes from?
 

The "I scored an eddy merckx" thread prompted me to wonder about the origins of my bikes -
My '89 waterford paramount was sourced and built up to be raced by the original owner, who later sold it to me ( he has ~40 some race bikes)
My '80 Mclean was custom built, then sold to me by the original owner.
My '85 merckx was resold to me by a secondary owner, as far as I know.
'76 fuji track, sold to me by the original owner, an american in japan at the time he bought it.
'81 bianchi pista, I have no idea, seller just sold it to me.
'78 raleigh track, seller bought it from a shop? I think? It's seen little use.
'78 Raleigh Professional, bought it as a "divorce" bike, the woman (seller) said her husband had bought it new for her, long ago. She also told me other stuff about him and their divorce, more than I wanted to know!

My LeMond was made in Wisconsin
My Raleigh was made in England
My Triumph, while an English brand, was made in Holland
My Myata was made in Japan

Japan:D

Austria 2.9%
England 26.5%
France 17.6%
Italy 5.9%
Japan 17.6%
USA 29.4%

Ellsworth, 2005, Cali.

some of mine are from Italy, one is from Italy by way of the netherlands. unfortunatly alot are from Japan, Tiawan and other oriental locations.

the one with a good story about procurment would be the RIGI. I read an article in a cycling mag about a guy who had like 30 of them. a coworker said he had one he didn't want. his price was a Trubo saddle. I got the frame only found a nice tange fork and asked the owner for shop owner for. most of the rest was scrounged parts. yes even the C-Record rd was from the used takeoff box. the Deltas are another story but rest assured I was very shrewd and did not pay a dime for them either *blushing*

haha sometimes when you start something you gotta finish it the same way!
Whenever I bike commute, I make it a point to not use the car after I get home, any further errands get done w/ the bike or don't get done at all that day.

I have:
Three DeRosas - Italy Two from a shop in Mpls. One from Germany. One is actually my wife's, along with her Felt ( Taiwan) b2.
Three Zullos- Italy Two from a shop in St. Paul One from a shop in Chicago via Iowa
One Casati - Italy A garage sale find. St. Paul
Three Colnagos-Italy All three are from a shop in St. Paul
A Montagner - Italy A friend owed me a couple bucks.
A Merckx - Belgium NOS frameset. A shop in Mpls.
A Tommasini- Italy A friend in St. Paul
A Pogliaghi- Rossin built in Italy From the Midwest. I am the second owner.
A Grandis- Italy- Actually from Bayern and taking the place of my son's Super. This Grandis will be his regular rider.
Bruce Gordon - American From Slushlover2 in Iowa. Thanks. :)
Three American custom bikes - I have to sell a bunch of the above to avoid personal injury at home. :) I'll show 'em off someday.

I won't go into the others. This looks bad enough.

2 cannandales = usa
gt = american I think, but wouldnt be surprised if its japan
miele frame; canadian? or maybe tubing from japany?
norco (not that it hardly counts being a bike on the trainer this winter), probably japan!

with my current bikes and a small handful of treks I had a lot of my bikes have been american, hmm!

My keepers are all from Japan.

84 Pro Super Record - 4th (Long story short, I once thought I was 5th, but I believe a similar bike was destroyed by the first owner of this one.)

88 Design Series - 4th owner (Funny story: A previous owner wanted it built into a beach cruiser. :lol:)

75 Pro - 3rd, I think. (2nd owner never even got it home before selling it to my fiance via a BF member. I suppose that if you count her as an owner, I would be 4th.)

73 Special Road Racer - at least the second owner.

early 80's America - 2nd

If I include The Girl's bicycles (3) and my daughter's bikes (3)... as well as a few bikes that are looking for new homes.

English - 9

'55 Raleigh Lenton, '54 Raleigh Sports, '77 Raleigh 20, '73 Phliip's 20, '73 Raleigh Fireball, '77 Ron Cooper, '73 Raleigh Gran Sport, '74 Raleigh Twenty, '75 Sports

Canada - 7

'85 Norco, '51 CCM, Arvon tandem, '92 Moulden mtb, '01Rocky Mountain Blizzard, '85 Peugeot Mixte, Raleigh 24" mtb

Japan - 2

Kuwahara Shasta, Kuwahara Cascade

France - 1

1957 PLX8

USA - 2

'88 Kona Explosif, '99 Trek 7500

Italy - 1

'80 Raleigh Saffron

Taiwan - 2

Breezer Uptown 8

Australia - 1

Bickerton folder

Geek

Mostly USA, Japan, Taiwan followed by Italy, England and France. I'm sure there's something from China in the mix.

Well if we're talking procurement:

My Cervelo (I know, not C&V but whatever) I got from a guy on my local CL. I ditched work at 10 AM to go snag it and essentially raced a local bike flipper to it. I got to the seller's place and it turned out to be a wicked awesome mansion type place and the seller had a tattoo over every inch of his body. He said he didn't ride the bike and wanted someone to use it for what it was built for. I made out like a bandit and drove home with a stupid grin on my face. That stupid grin is still here, I just detailed and tuned the bike this evening.

The local flipper beat me to an all-original Super Leggera earlier that week for $500. My deal smoked his, and I think he kinda hates me for it!

My Bianchi is less thrilling, BG ID'd the bike for me and I went up North of Boston to grab it. It came with no rear wheel and a front tubi with no tire. Flipped the wheel (which I regret) and got a set of wheels from an ex-racer that I work with for way cheap. The rest, as they say, is history. I'm getting a celeste colored, Bianchi branded Turbo tomorrow.

Your cat hanging from the screen door is now my wallpaper. Fabulous.

Where should I send the Pay Pal to? :)

By the way, we are expecting 15-20 inches of snow here over the next day or so.

I picked up my Sirrus from a pawn shop and the Trek came from a craigslist ad. :)

EDIT: Oh heck, I thought the OP meant what was the source, hahahaha!

Japan, 100% :)

Currently in possession (the stable):

1988 Fuji Opus IV - Portland WA, facilitated by fellow BFer (frameset).
1988 Fuji Tiara (Cherry Web) - Chico CA, eBay win (whole bike).
1980 Fuji America - St. Louis MO, facilitated by fellow BFer (frameset).
1983 Fuji Touring Series III - Wheeling WV, eBay win (whole bike).

Come and Gone:

1985 Club Fuji - local CL buy.
1988 Fuji Tivoli (54cm, Dawn Blue) - local CL buy.
1988 Fuji Tivoli (64cm, Beryl Green) - local CL buy.
1989 Bianchi Campione - local thrift store buy.
1988 Club Fuji - BF buy...turned to another BFer.
1988 Fuji Tiara (Titanium Blue) - local garage sale.

Guess I keep the out of town stuff! :)

My modest collection:

'71 Schwinn Paramount (USA - Chicago) - ebay win - local pickup...college kid who didn't ride it anymore.
'73 Raleigh Super Course (England - Worksop (?) - CL pickup...seller didn't want to fix it (needed a chain)
'73 Schwinn Super Sport (USA - Chicago) - ebay win - shipped...no background other than a League of American Wheelmen sticker
'82 Schwinn Paramount Elite (USA - Waterford) - CL pickup - seller had it for about eight years - didn't ride it anymore - she wasn't home when I picked it up...husband didn't know anything about it...emailed her the next day for any background she had...never heard back
'90 World Sport (Japan) - orginal owner...bought it from local Schwinn dealer when I began college...ended up barely riding it and it sat untouched in my mom's garage until 2008 - helped me rediscover my love for bicycles
'11 Trek 1.5 (Japan) - of course not vintage - but got a screaming good deal from a CL seller...he bought it a month and a half ago, rode it once and decided he didn't like it...it's brand new and I got it for more than $500 less than he bought it for (and he threw in his never worn helmet :)

He isn't my cat although I appear to be one of his favoured humans... :)

I will have to ask him what his appearance fee is worth... he really can't handle money and if he could he'd just blow it all in seedy catnip bars... but he does like a little tuna from time to time.

Wow. And there are more?

Walmart - 27.9%
Target -39.3%
O'Reilly auto parts - 30%
The dumpster behind 7-11 -3% .....

All of the C&V bikes I've come across since getting back into riding, have come from Garage sales, or CL, with a couple of exceptions. I acquired a PH10LE, my PH501, and a couple others from the dump.

Total OCD.

You should have seen me with sports cars in my 20s and 30s.

The first part of recovery is admitting there is a problem.

There is a problem. :)

I can't say no to a pretty face.

...and for gosh sakes, I almost added a a beautiful Masi Gran Criterium a few weeks ago.

That one might haunt me.

I am going on a severe bike diet though in January.

Finally going to cough up for a red star, so watch this space.

The magic number to sell will be about six to keep me sleeping indoors. :)

1963 Huffy Sportsman, USA via the UK (Raleigh built)...bought from an older STL SouthSider hoarder

1968 Raleigh Super Course, UK...bought from the local Co-Op

198X Andy Gilmour "Team", Handbuilt in Tucson, AZ USA...ex team racebike (one Steve Shoppel?)...frameset procured locally

1985 De Rosa Professional, Italy...procured locally...belonged to the seller's ex-brother-in-law

1989 Pinarello Treviso, Italy...bought the frameset at the local Co-Op

1991 Specialized Rockhopper "retrovelo'd"...USA/Japan...local Craigslist buy

199X Titan "Thron", Switzerland via Italy...frameset from Hoosier Bicycle Supply

1995 Batavus Pro, Netherlands...frameset courtesy of our own Elev12k (Mel)

1995 Iron Horse ARS 700 (for sale), USA...bought new at my LBS (friend's shop)

1995 Reus Criterium, Netherlands...bought from 2nd owner who bought it at the Reus shop in Zwanenberg...sale assisted by Mel...picked up on a trip to A'dam and ridden all around for almost a week and then shipped back to myself...great trip!

2000 Sampson Z7 Ti, USA...bought on ebay from the original owner

2004 Bianchi Brava fixie dumpster bike, Japan...Pulled from a dumpster in Babler State Park with a broken left rear dropout...TIG'd back to life

Bikes that are currently in the riding rotation:

Raleigh Sports - My dad snagged this from the town transfer station.

Raleigh Super Course - My first complete build, purchased as a frameset and pieced together with stock parts.

Eddy Merckx Titanium AX - Vague, pictureless ad on craigslist. Bought from original owner.

Steve Potts Titanium Road - Custom build for a close friend who never rode (mtn bike guy) it so he gave it to me. However, now that I got the Merckx and said friend is moving back to the east coast I think I'm going to give it back. That's going to be hard to do, it's a brilliant bike.

Raleigh Team Cross - Original owner raced on it for Harris Cyclery then gave it to his roommate who then sold it to me on craigslist.

Nashbar Cyclocross X - Bought frame this fall and have built it up to be a rugged commuter/cyclocross/off road bike with new parts. (First time doing that)

Funny, this thread got me thinking about my Raleigh Team Cross so I did some searching and found an old picture, circa 2006 from a blog that I'm pretty sure has my bike in it. I'm sure there were a few of them so might not be the exact one, but it very well could be.

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6...aleigh_jer.jpg