I thought that was implied. The fit she threw this morning when I had her practice shifting has me wondering how long it will be before I have to remove the deraileurs, shorten the chain, and present her with a fixed speed.

Walked out side yesterday and one of my neighbors was throwing away a Canary Yellow Girls Schwinn Breeze, not in great shape but still has all the original parts.

I'm not a collector but just to clean it up and see if I could get a couple $$ for it I grabbed it (much to wife's dismay), Looks like it was built in the late 60 early 70, all the bolts are standard (not metric) but I haven't gottin around to trying to "date" it yet.

Someone dropped off a Raleigh super coarse MK II, Carlton on the down tube, hubbs say normandy made in France frame and fork have the 531 stickers ruff but there brooks saddle everything is weinmann Raleigh centre pull brakes ser.#wk6002756 Red and white. Would this be a decent bike?

No, it is a ticking time bomb. Send it to me for proper disposal. :)

John D.

It's a 1976:

http://retroraleighs.com/images/800x...per-course.jpg

yep thats it Very nice ride but to big for me. DARN.

but not too big for mswantak, I'll guess...

on the way home from the gym i saw i bike at the curb with a free sign on it and stopped to investigate. it was a Raleigh Delta made in canada sticker. the whole bike except for a tear in the saddle was in very good shape. i happen to have the bike rack on the car (ha) so took it home. it cleaned up quite nicely. sticker says 'raleigh carbospec 45-11 tubing. perfect araya wheels, wenmann model 730 brakes with suicide levers, all suntour drive and shifters, S.I.W. hubs. allloy cranks labeled 'Custom A' steel chainrings and an alloy chain guard. anybody know anything about this model bike?serial # RE5 23506

Thats so cool, finding stuff on the curb makes driving worthwhile. It would be hard to ride a second bike home from the gym if you had ridden there.

You could always carry it 'cross style...

"...i happen to have the bike rack on the car (ha) so took it home..."

Music to my ears. I just leave the two-bike hitch rack on the wagon, and the convenience is more than worth the need to unbolt it to access the hatch. The bikes are everywhere, once you have an easy way to transport them.
Nice catch, BTW.

my wife would kill me if I left the reck on our car, but we only have the one car. not to mention she wouldn't want all the bike I would find in the garage.

My wife doesn't have the keys to the garage.

If she needs something, she'll ask me, and I'll wait until nobody is around before opening the door. The mower keeps getting shuffled under, and I have to move bikes to reach it. Must be twelve in there, and parts to build a couple more. This despite the fact that I give away bikes to those who need them all the time.

I just hate the idea of these interesting and attractive mechanisms being scrapped, you know?

Wanna bike?

My wife doesn't have keys either;) I keep the mower in front though, and the bikes covered with old sheets, so no one can count 'em when the garage is open...

ahhh, sheets, that's a stroke of genius.

Answered a Craigslist ad from a woman who wanted to swap her old Raleigh for a beater suitable to take to Burning Man. She wasn't exactly sure what model it was, but she thought my '71 Columbia Tourist (which I paid $5.00 for) sounded like what she wanted. Saturday morning she came by and swapped me even up; here's what it was:

1974 Raleigh International
- 21 1/2" frame
- 700C Aurora rims on Shimano SRX hubs, stainless spokes
- Shimano 600 39/52 crankset
- Shimano 7-cog 13/24 freewheel
- Shimano 600 Arabesque RD and shifters, Suntour FD
- Brooks Professional saddle
- Weinmann 999 Vainquer centerpulls

It needed tires and tubes, cables, and a chain. And no, I didn't put those bars on it. :p

http://home.comcast.net/~mswantak/ws...7/site1392.jpg

Here's the Raleigh I was talking about in an earlier (as being too big).

How to big is it? and what are you gonna do with it?

Well, there isn't cm size listed on the frame, but I just measured it. The standover height is 33". The top tube is 22" long and the seat tube length (from the center of the crank to the top of the tube) is 23.5".

I haven't decided what to do with it. My options are; sell it, trade it for something smaller, or take the Campy parts off and put them on a smaller frame. Or, just ride it.

If you're interested in the sell or trade part, let me know.

and how lucky is that! such a deal!!!

It's sort of a bittersweet deal; I've wanted an International for a long time, but this one's too small for me. I sort of hate to sell it; it's a safe bet I won't be getting another one for $5.

Here is my Trek 460 that I got at Goodwill for $14. Its the best fitting bike Ive had, blows away my litespeed. Perfect for my everyday work commute. Oh, the brooks I treated myself after finding the Trek:)

Nikos,

Nice ride. 1985 model if my eyes aren't deceiving me. . .

edit .
actually from the decals I make it an 84 model. 85 just said trek
on the downtube

Marty

My catch du jour - a 1975(?) Astra "Tour de France" picked up for a mere $30. Please see my thread on it for more info.

I believe you're right. I've got a matched pair of exactly this bike - a 56cm I ride rarely, and a 53cm I ride all the time. Neither is quite as nice as the 510 I really wished they were when I bought them, but still very nice ;)