The $50 mess
09-03-12, 07:58 AM
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+1 MTB are almost never worth the effort. That said I just picked up 2 free MTB (one TREK) and a MTB / Hybrid pair for $50. All four saddles are trashed and at least one needs new shifters.
The Raleigh and a couple of the other OP bikes will turn out nice and well worth it -- if you consider the project as the payoff.
The Raleigh and a couple of the other OP bikes will turn out nice and well worth it -- if you consider the project as the payoff.
I had a couple drop off 4 bikes in that condition, ask me to "make 2 useable bikes out of them?" I should have declined but I learned a lot while building the one useable bike I could salvage (Trek 820). I sold one of them for enough to buy a cable/housing kit and a chain, then added a bike from my junk pile, and they ended up with a D'back Outlook and the Trek for net $100.
While I'd never do that again, I learned enough about non-C&V brakes MTB gearing, non-compatible parts that look alike, I think it was worth the $25 or so I lost on the deal (I paid $75 for the Outlook). I also picked up a set of aluminum 26" wheels to swap into my '88 Raleigh MTB and enough Shimano GS200 parts to fill a good size box.
You are a good guy to salvage something from those, and I admire what I now realize it takes to get some good out of a pile of old bikes.
Good on you.
While I'd never do that again, I learned enough about non-C&V brakes MTB gearing, non-compatible parts that look alike, I think it was worth the $25 or so I lost on the deal (I paid $75 for the Outlook). I also picked up a set of aluminum 26" wheels to swap into my '88 Raleigh MTB and enough Shimano GS200 parts to fill a good size box.
You are a good guy to salvage something from those, and I admire what I now realize it takes to get some good out of a pile of old bikes.
Good on you.
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Looks like a sweet deal to me. Check Niagara Cycle Works for tires, cables and parts. They have the cheapest prices around. The Schwinn Racer actually looks pretty neat to me. If those are Bluemels fenders (in good shape)...wow! If these bikes weren't so easy to work on I would say you have some nice winter projects. You should, however, be able knock them out by fall. The scrap metal yard will probably give you a few bucks for the junkers. Looks to me like you did well.
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It just gets better!
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[TD="align: center"]1973 Super Sport (chrome molybdenum frame) catalog page link ... https://www.trfindley.com/flschwinn_1...0/1973_12.html
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[TD="align: center"]1973 Super Sport (chrome molybdenum frame) catalog page link ... https://www.trfindley.com/flschwinn_1...0/1973_12.html
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