http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2.../national1.jpg

Bought this today from someone for $6. "National" on the headbadge; never heard of such a brand. 28" tires and a nifty basket.

Whoops. I just realized that photo isn't englargeable.

Here are some better ones. Looks like a piece of junk, huh?

Mostly Shimano 600, with tourney front/rear derailleurs. (??)

What should I do with it?

Strip it down, remove all the decals/paint/brazeons, put a carbon fork on there and convert it to fixed gear?

Clean, tune, and ride. Enough of the fixed gear nonsense...;)

Man, I hate living in Manhattan, I never find anything good-there's always a million people trolling the thrift stores and they get to it first :(

If any NYC vintage guys want to hang out, look for bikes, fix stuff, or drink a few beers, I'm game--my UO-8 and I will be there.

Picked these two up for $30.00 for the pair. I believe the world tourist to be an 81 all original with positron II
components. The Free Spirit I haven't looked into yet, but it has $15.00 worth of good rubber on it. The Schwinn also has brand new tires on it. These are both low milers.

Note to localtalent: Move to Iowa. :D

I don't find a lot of bikes around to choose from, and never any exotic Italian stuff, but what I do find generally goes pretty cheap.

My parents live out in the country - not too far from the wealthy area, so I'm hoping a lot of them have super lightweight bikes they bought in the '70s and don't ride anymore. Too bad my parents would flip if I brought home a bunch of crusty old bikes, and you can't easily ride a roadie out there anyway.

Here in the city, it's impossible to find a nice steel 10-speed; all the twentysomething art school kids take them and pay Bike Works a few hundred bucks to convert them to fixed ;)

You're just mad because the fixed-gear hipsters stole all the vintage frames, stripped them down and ride them as fixed-gears.

Hey, my ride's not anywhere near collectable: French mas-market gaspipe.

Nah, I'm just mad that the hipsters are buying up all the pista gruppos and
driving up the price.
as for frames, the Zieleman track frame that sold on e-bay today went for
probably twice as much as it's worth, and that was without shipping.

marty

Nah; the madness was inherited.... Runs in the family. I've really got nothing against the fixed gear thing, but really don't see much sense in making a road bike less functional than it was before... and, I'm sure there was a good reason for naming one of my favorite record albums "disraeli gears"...

The whole purpose of having multiple gears, is so that you can go everywhere as efficiently as possible. Fixed gears, while probably a blast to ride, really aren't as capable. OK...now let's hear about how it's all in the motor...;)

Hey; I'm just curious... Does anyone click the "song of the day" link below?
Any odd requests? (sorry; nothing recent...)

Just got this at a Salvation army for 5 bucks. Bridgestone 300 Sport Touring 48cm. Way to small for me but couldn't pass it up. Seems to be a pretty nice bike.

I do.... :)

How about "Mack the Knife", or maybe "Scotty Doesn't Know"..... :D

Miyata Twelve Hundred. My size (argh), with a pretty nice component group: Suntour Cylone derailleurs, Dia Compe Gran Compe brakeset, Sunshine Pro-Am hubs (really an excellent Campy Record knock-off) on Araya 700c rims, cool MKS aero pedals, aero seatpost.

On the other hand, there's a nice ding on the seat tube-- see photo. But the bike is straight as an arrow and rides great after a minor headset adjustment. The dent relegates it immediately to beater status, I suppose. Perhaps I can make it a fixie and adjust my hipster quotient, although I keep noticing my vintage frames are way nicer than all the hipster ones, and I still have trouble finding my pelvis with a magnifying glass...

Nonsense, my man - BONDO!!!!

Hey Pogue, I highly reccomend fixed gear, although that is a sweet ride as-is. But, with 700c wheels, you could just order a basic IRO rear and be good to go. Yeah, I'd just do it.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...cket/64CCM.jpg

Behold, a new CCM cruiser. Non original seat and handlebar grips (there were those pesky bmx grips on it). The bikes fenders were gone too, so I chucked on soem from a parted out 3-speed. I had to drill some holes in em, but it worked. Someone painted the bike green also. And before that possibly red, I think the original color may have been gold judging by the chainguard, any ideas on what model It might be? I think its from 1964.

here is a close up of the chainguard (I tried to scratch the green paint off, but doing so also scratched the lettering off underneath, you can kinda see some letters):
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...chainguard.jpg

here is a rear kinda view:
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...ket/64CCM2.jpg


all and all its a nice smooth ride, and another bicycle which would normally be retired is back on the road!

EDIT: Oh, on a really close inspection, the chainguard says "Fleetwing", loverly!

Twe, I've been on fixies in one form or another 20 plus years, and they still haven't helped my heptitude. I think I'm beyond hope, doomed to some kind of weird bike geekdom where all I can think of is Nervex lugs and Reynolds 531 and obscure French makers. I do have a couple vintage track hubs lying around, though, perhaps I should lace one up... no, I didn't buy them on ebay, I have a secret source... I sold a pair once on ebay, and Lotek is right: anything old and trackish goes for beaucoup $$$, it's completely insane. These hubs sold for more than I'll pay for an entire bike (unless it's a Herse or 50's Stella, then out comes the wallet and me getting a home equity line of credit)... I'm sure this turns me into some kind of didactic boor. And bigbossman, nuthin' like some bondo, but it's a perfectly good dent, no sense covering it up. I like the bike, I just need to figure out what to do with it... it has cool little "M"s cut into the lugs. So purty....

I talked about this in another thread, but figured I should post it here too:
I Got this Trek 720 from the original owner for $75.
He still had the manual, Bar-Cons, cables, and shifters - all mint.

Me: Bartender, "Can I have a double shot of Mixte?"

Bartender: 'Sure, Here you go!'

Me: "How Much?"

Bartender: "$25"

Well that's my story. A 1968 Gitane Mixte and a 1980's Tiger Mixte. Both in really good shape and should clean up well if I can find a massive supply of 27" tires. Bossman, don't be upset! I wanted some girls to send me e-mails and beg to come to my house. :D

Well, that explains why Alison never called me back. I sent her an email saying "I'll take it" last night, and she never emailed back. Now I know why - my good Pal Mike snaked me!! :mad: And after all I've done for you, too...... :p

Hey, what'd you do with the basket?

Pulled from curbside trash collection over the last two weeks:

First the Road bikes-

Peugeot, early 8 model of some sort perhaps (4 digit stamp on drop out), missing wheels, put otherwise complete (and dirty) with an Ideale 39 leather saddle, simplex,lyotard peddles, AVA stem, MAFAC racer brakes

"made for Puch" (in Taiwan), also missing wheels, but otherwise complete and in very good condition with Suntour components

Fuji supreme, complete, rideable, in very good condition - looks to have had very little use

Takari, average condition for a curbside bike, but wheels are as out of round as i've ever seen, otherwise complete.

Fontan, a French made bike (any info on this greatly appreciated) - perhaps the rattiest of the bunch, but all the pieces are there and intact. Does need tires

Zebra Junior Racer, a 24 inch wheel road bike, just about perfect for my kids, just needs normal maintenance

Other bikes-

Raleigh sports (my best estimate is 1964) with brooks leather saddle, rode it home

Robin Hood (1970) a somewhat lower grade version of the Sports, produced by Raleigh, needs some work, but has the SA 3 speed coaster brake

I took the basket off to start cleaning the bike. That's the hook for my next sale. :D