Yeah, cant believe how much I like riding the 460. I just put on new yellow cloth tape that matches the yellow lettering - looks really nice.

Just scored this Fuji Royale (like saying that) at goodwill this morning. $14 bucks, the cranks caught my eye. Im thinking of making this my single speed option. New seat, rear wheel and good to go.

Well I have 2 catches from 2 seperate days. The first is what I think is a 1979 Raleigh. The people in the condo where moving out and had this on the curb so I grabbed it. I also got a tool box with a few good tools in it from them.

http://photos23.flickr.com/24358174_0ea12670a6.jpg

My second find came from Craigslist in Norfolk, Virginia. The post on Craigslist said "Red 10-speed clip pedals - $15" The seller knew nothing about bikes and when I asked her what brand it was she said she didn't know but that it said Trek and USA on it. I took one look at the bike and scooped it up for $15. I had to adjust the front derailer because it woudl not shift onto the top ring and I had to get a new bolt for the seat post because there was just a hardware store bolt on it when I got it which had scratched the paint up. So the bike as you see it cost me exactly $20. I did have to buy an adaptor for the presta valves which cost me $2. It rides great but the rear derailer needs adjustment. I think it is a 1985 Trek 400 or 410. It has 14 speeds. I don't know all the technical stuff about the components and all that but it is mostly Shimano stuff.

http://photos23.flickr.com/27636449_35a0a4d0ff.jpg

I don't know why my pictures did not show up so you'll have to click on the links to see the pictures.

It'd definitely an 85 trek (84 had model number on the downtube
decal). Check the right chainstay for the protector, black plastic,
it should have the model number silk screened on it.

edit Its a 400, the 410 had campy triomphe drivetrain.
yours is true temper double butted steel, Shimano Z series derailleurs,
SR crankset. All in all a good buy for $15 bucks.

I fixed your post, you had URLs specified not IMGs

Marty

I'd love to but the family is not terribly forgiving of my obsession. I have to brake them in with baby steps.

Well another great catch for me! I'm on a roll and this one was Free! A Univega "Speciallisima" Univega's answer for a touring bike. All Suntour "Cyclone" Componentry except maybe for the cantilevers. Haven't seen these before. Suntour Bar end shifters, Araya rims. Cloth handlebar tape and hoods in good shape after a little cleaning. Needs tires, tubes, some cleaning and adjusting. Think I'll keep this one and sell my Trek 520. Anyways, here are some pics.

Hey Lotek, thanks for fixign my post!!!

pleasure!

That frame's too big for you; better bring it up to my place and drop it off.

Not sure of the vintage, late 70's for sure, a Takara 10 speed with the tits still on the original tires, guy says you can have if you'll come get it, looks all steel, cottered cranks, new tires and tubes, handlebar tape and off we go, just got new Diamondback Wildwood, already hankering for road bike, this will work for a while, it should clean up nice.

Nice looking Raleigh 3-speed. There is usually a manufacture date on the hubshell, if the hub is original to the bike then you have a pretty good idea how old it is.
Are those whitewalls? The tires and the seat do look post 1960's.

almost a great catch.....
a garage sale on the route of my regular ride was selling a dentst office tool drawer set. so essentially a big metel dresser, on heavy duty casters, with a bunch of small drawers, each on smooth rolling slides. I pictured this thing in my garage full of salvaged parts, and tools. When I went back to get it in my car with money in hand, he had already sold it. I didn't have the money on me to put down any kind of deposit since I was riding.

Not a bike but I snatched up a copy of Eugene Sloane's Complete
Book of Bicycle Maintenance at 1/2 price books for $2.95, mint!
It's the 1981 edition and covers all things classic, including exploded
drawings of all on topic derailleurs, hubs etc.

found this raleigh at a thrift store for $6.88 last week. I think it's a late 70's - early 80's grand prix. It needed a front tube+tire, and a paint job. here it is before and after i painted it flat olive drab.

They made that model without 'em for some reason... It's a "Competition", not a Pro BTW. I suspect it was an OEM spec saddle, but not sure which brand bike. I've got a couple of those still in NOS condition, all without badge. Pretty much the same saddle as a Wrights W3N (also made by Brooks), with the nose trimmed and cad plated rails.

Here are a few that followed me home: a Sears Austro-Daimler, a 1978 Motobecane Mirage (looks very little ridden), and a Huffy mountain bike (I had to take the Huffy to get the Moto....) I haven't quite decided what to do with the A-D and the Moto. The Huffy'll probably be broken for parts.....

Cheers!

A "Competition" model?

I've had one other person suggest that - and they run the Brooks Archive so they probably have a good idea! :)

What differentiates the "Competition" from the "Professional?"

In the 1986 Brooks brochure, the "Professional" looks kinda like a Team Professional but with small rivets.
Maybe the "Competition" was reserved for OEM installations. OH! I should mention it has textured top leather, not the polished leather of the Pro and Team Pro.

This was on a "Sekine" of the same vintage BTW (I suspect it was the original saddle).
I linked to the page with photos of the bike in a previous post.

Cheers!
Chris

Stumbled across this one today, as I was wandering around Stockton CA. I was looking for a client site, got a bit lost, and spied a Salvation Army. This 1984 Trek 610 was just being put out for sale:

http://home.comcast.net/~dbltap/trek_610.jpg

12 speed, friction shifters, Full Shimano 600 group, Christophe toe clips, Continental tires, and 531C Reynolds tube set front to back.

I actually passed on it at first and walked out of the store, but decided to call my Personal Bike Consultant. He looked it up on the net, promplty called me a tightwad, and cajoled me into going back in to make the purchase.:eek:

I went back in and tried to haggle, but the blue-hairs were firm and so I had to cough up $65.00. It is a nice bike in very good condition. Apparently it is a higher level fitness/tri bike, according to the 1984 catalog. It is too big for me, so I will be forced to move it along (hopefully at a small profit!).

Regards,

John D.

^ what kind of wheels/hubs does the trek have?

Boy -- I get an anonymous reference: 'Personal Bike Consultant'. Actually my chief concern was that the moths that fly out of bossman's wallet -- on the rare occasions he opens it -- would frighten the old ladies in the store. I don't mean to say he's cheap, but he has to use Google to find out who's on a $20 bill.

:lol:

If it's stock (which it appears to be) it has Matrix hard anodized rims (Trek house brand?)
and Atom Lux-Compe hubs (helicomatic too!).

Marty

That is correct. what is the significance of helicomatic?

John D.

I was trying to protect your privacy. Now you're going to get an avalanche of "should I buy this" and "what do you think of that" mail. Serves you right. Might be easier if we just go ahead and post your number and hours available for consultation. :p

Oh - and I'm not cheap - I get cold feet. :D

Too bad you got rid of that International - I might have traded you....... ;)

John D.

Nice-looking Moto, raleigh_fan. Do the components appear to be original?
One-piece 'pleather' bar wrap, stronglight crankset? Weinmann rims, Maillard hubs?

Thanks! It looks mostly original, but I think the rear wheel has been changed out. I got it from the original owner who said he didn't do anything to it save ride it, so the wheel may have been something the lbs did before he got (or he's forgotten...) (And, I'm assuming it's a 1978 model 'cause that's when he bought it. The date stamp on the brake leverls support that assumption). Not sure who made the rims, but it's got a Maillard hub with qr up front and a Normandy w/o qr on the rear. It's got rubber bar covers with integral hoods with the Moto "M" moulded in, so I'm assuming the covers are original. The crankset is SR with "Motobecane" cast into the arms. Dia Compe levers with Wienmann centerpulls, and SunTour gearchange throughout.

From the looks of the gearing, I think you could go straight up a wall on it. I haven't counted teeth yet, but the big cog on the freewheel is BIG.

I gave it a bath last night, and under all the basement "patina" is a fairly good paintjob. A few nicks here & there, but nothing bad. Looks like it got bumped around a little after it was retired (which, judging by the tires, was a long time ago! ;-)