Auction with a Schwinn Premis (80's Mississippi Schwinn, I think. Columbus Tenax DB frame, nice Sakae/Dia Compe set up. Right size for a freind of mine who wanted a basic roadbike). 25$ for the pair.

Oh my God! Look at those grips! I have to go boil my eyeballs now...

Latest catch, I was fishin' eBay and caught this NOS Suntour 14-28 5spd freewheel... $2.75..! Of course, there's $5 shipping, but still a good catch.

Ah, NOS. Sometimes it's just too pretty to put on a bike. Two prong Suntour, that thing has to date a bit. Cool find!

Guessing it's late '70s-early '80s from the packaging. Amazing how much a Regina or Everest would go for in that size ($50+ in NOS), yet this Suntour was overlooked -and should work better too! I should receive it in a few days...just hope it's not French threaded... :eek:

Vintage Weinmann brake hoods (white) from the late fifties or early sixties, for ten bucks off of Ebay. I thought I'd never find those things.

Where would you mount them on your mountain unicycle? :D

My turn. This is from an e-buy a couple weeks back. $32 and change. First person to ID properly gets a gold star. mswantak and pogue - I'm gonna have to disqualify you because I already told you guys.

This might help.

Very cool! Early Raleigh Professional (very early!). Great catch! I'm still wanting one my size.

It is very cool. Like you told me, Z, it needs paint. Have fun!

I already have a red star, comrade. I do not need a decadent gold one. :)

20-1/2" ? I'll let you know if I see one.

Hey; I'll take any color star I can get. It's all good...

Mr. Zorro, if anything interesting from 53-55cm ctc comes up... Please let me know. I've got too many restoration projects lined up now, but I'll add one or two more if they're too cool to pass up :D I really need to be riding more...

but how many Dutch bikes do you have?
Remember Cirque 2006 will feature bikes from the benelux region.
Guess what I'm gonna bring?

If you're looking for Team Pro's let me know, I have a good source
for some unusual bikes (but most of them in the 57 - 64cm range) smaller
ones are hard to find.

1/2 gold star if you can figure out where (location not website) I'm finding them.

Marty

I'm rather bummed about not being able to make Cirque this year, but I had a prior commitment that would be too messy to get out of. I have zero Dutch bikes (if I can make it next year, I'll be content to look and admire), but I AM getting ready for when they do British or Japanese.

Team Pro? You have my undivided attention. :eek: SB serial number? On a 22-1/2"? Road bike? 1970's oe early 80's? How much? You can tell me off list.

Let's see... you're there in Texas. Based on the size, we can rule out Ross Perot. Are they Presidential discards? Are you snatching them out of Deion Sanders' backyard? If you say "thrift store", I think I'm gonna scream. Guess I'm not gonna get that 1/2 gold star am I?

My guess would be BC as the source for Dutch bikes & Team Pros...

I've got only one Dutch frame; a Cycles Bontekoe Campagnolo Model from about '70. Cool frame for the period, but no Masi. It came to me with a mix of Nuovo & Ti Super parts (Super was fitted later). I don't ride it, as it's a bit small for me.

Sadly, my going to Cirque isn't in this year's budget. I'll do the VR though... It's local.

While BC has been helpful in some of my searches
it isn't him exactly. But yah the country is The Netherlands.
I never knew that the Dutch were such large people.
I also am not doing Cirque this year. Next year will be the year
for me as Dutch builders are my area of interest (and old treks).
Marty

Darn; and I was hoping for half a star...

I'd like a couple of old Treks myself; only very early ones though. I'm not into the combined lug/headtube thing. 53-55 ctc, if you find something nice you don't want... ;)

I'll give you a quarter - you were close. While you're there hoping for stars, I'm here hoping to find a crankset and derailleurs to put on the frame - for less than it cost me to get the frame :( .

Mid 80's Trek roadbike, $2.07 including tax from the DAV thrift store.

1992 Trek 1500 in immaculate condition for $65.00 from Salvation Army. Rides nice enough, but is a little "twitchy" for me (as compared to my old steel Miyata touring bike). The wife likes it and so it now occupies a place of prominence in our living room, mounted on a trainer in front of the TV. :)

John D.

http://home.comcast.net/~dbltap/Trek_1500_1.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~dbltap/Trek_1500_2.jpg

I'm tempted by the cirque this year, since France is featured. May do a day trip for the Sunday part, I dunno. Tempted to drag the 67 PX down and see how it measures up; it is unrestored but in very nice condition. Never been there, might be fun.

Interesting to see this interest in Dutch bikes from so far away! Can't be easy to find something overthere. The 60's and the 70's must have been the best period for small frame builders over here in the Netherlands; it was common for crit racers to have your own frame build by a local builder.
from mid-80's on people started to buy more off the rack, got more interested in Italian bikes, and so many small builders went out of business.
I got my 'Visser Vainqueur' built in 1981, and I still have it. repainted three times now, and converted to a SS. It was built by someone who was known as 'Witte Ko' (passed away about 10 years ago), a somewhat secluded older man living in a small village about an hour from Rotterdam, where the Visser shop was. The owner of the shop did not allow customers to go see Witte Ko! He built this frame for me, no measuremnts except inseam were taken, I was just asked to ride in front of the shop on my bike of that time, once relaxed and once full speed. The frame was built and fit perfectly.

Zieleman is an Amsterdam builder (you know that probably), Bontekoe is Den Haag. More names from that time are Reus (near Amsterdam), Sirocco (Zeeland), Brands (Amsterdam). Of course most people know Gazelle (Champion Mondial) and Batavus (Criterium, Professional). Would be a nice experiment to see if anyone could score a bike from the other side of the Atlantic! Many Peugeots there too!

What tubing is that frame?

Lucky you! I've been searching for one... Which model was it?