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?

Reynolds 531, double butted. Not sure which variety of 531, but it is quite light.

You might be able to ID it here by looking through the old catalogs. If you find out the model, please let us know. http://www.vintage-trek.com/

I can't believe some of the finds that you guys say you got at Salvation Army, Goodwill, thrift stores, etc. The ones here in the San Jose/Silicon Valley want the same prices as the bike shops and they aren't even in good shape. I should move out of the area to find my Peugeot!

"I should move out of the area to find my Peugeot!"

Yes, old bike pricing varies wildly by geographic area. The last three Peugeots I found cost me a combined total of 10.75. From what I gather, in some areas, that's a couple hundred worth of bikes. It even varies within towns; for example, prices here are far higher in the VCU area than they are on southside. Still, it's nice to live in a place like this, where someone as relatively poor as I can easily afford to engage in this hobby. Here's a pair of thrift store Treks, bracketed by a couple Peugeots. Most of these bikes were cobbled together from more than one find:

Cobbled isn't the word I would use. They all look very nicely restored.
;)

Originally Posted by robbomann
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.



All right Sherlock, you caught me. Believe it or not I do pedal the two wheeled variety sometimes. And since you're just dying to know, I'll tell you. These brake hoods are going on a 1960 Capo that I've been wanting to restore for the last twenty years. So far with the new paint job (including decals and pin-striping) and with all the Ebay dollars spent on buying 'period correct' replacement parts and accessories, I have spent about ten times what I originally paid for this bike when I bought it used.

Though if I were to actually use these classic Weinmann hoods for my mountain unicycle, one hooded brake arm would be attached to a bar that is mounted under the seat and is perpendicular to the seat post, the other hooded brake arm would probably go in my parts box as a spare.

Nice bicycle. You'll favor us with pictures once done? Right? I feel your pain about restoration. Going through the same thing myself - though I hope to have it accomplished in a bit less than 20 years.

Sure would be nice to have a unicycle again - don't think I'd ever be up to handling rough terrain though.

Hey! Check out this Schwinn World Tourist we found today! It was at the Good Will and was purchased for $29.99. When looking at this bike, it appeared that it was brand new, minus some surface rust, sawdust(as if it had been in a workshop since '80), and dust. Tires were dry(and original Schwinn World Tourist), and flat.
We took her home, put air in the tires, gave it a cleanup, and rode it! What fun! Freaky roadie type frame for the fenders and cruiser style setup. The chain guard is pretty cool too! It also has an odometer with 25.6 miles on it! The odometer has a little belt and rig on the front rim! LOL!

Anyhow, wanted to post this bike we got today. If any of you have good 80's Schwinn info available, I'd love to hear about it! Now just to find a Schwinn Tour Sport to go with this one!
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I just want to thank you all for sharing your lucky finds on here. There doesn't seem to be any opportunity to get stuff like this in Australia, so I have to live vicariously through you guys. Cheers.

Your welcome! Man if I could find more cool, forgotten, roadie bikes out there that need a home I'd actually concider finding more space!
I'm not sure what bicycle distrubution was like in Austraila in the 70's-90's but I'd bet there is stuff out there in garages and basements they waiting to be discovered! I'm personally going to hit up more garage sales, and wherever I see a cool looking bike negelected anywhere.