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Found three Specialized 27X1 skinwall tyres at one of the LBS yesterday:
One NOS, boxed Turbo/S (kevlar bead), even has original instruction manual One Turbo/LS, and One Turbo/LR. Also found a Helicomatic rear hub (the highly-polished aluminum Pro edition) for $16. Looks real nice sitting next to my Mallard 700 Pro front hub. He also had NOS boxed sets of: Dia-Compe Grand Compes (box has a sticker proclaming "NEW"), Shimano 600 sidepull brake/lever sets (non STI), Campy components out the wazoo (if you're looking for it, he has it - Triumphe, Victory, NR, Chorus, etc...), Suntour Superbe Pro, Suntour Cyclone, Modelo, Mavic, etc. Bit pricey though, so I put a box of Grand Compes aside for myself and just bought the Helicomatic and the Specialized tires. Also of note, but not bagged yet: Some form of PX-10 (or not) in town, Super Vitus 980 tubing, Weinmann with what was Simplex at one time, now Shimano and high-end European parts from the '80s. EDIT: Passed on the thing - just not in the mood to pay $50 for a POS that requires 10 hours of polishing to get it back to looking decent -Kurt |
Originally Posted by lawkd
I got this a few weeks back, for free, from the maintenance guy in our apartment building. He had picked it up when someone up the street set it out at the curb on garbage pickup day. He knew that I love bikes, so he asked me if I'd like to have it. Of course I never say no to an offer of a free bike, even if it's just for parts or to fix it up and find it a new home. This one was in pretty bad shape, it had been trashed and then set out probably in a shed or something for about ten years. It was covered with dirt and all the little steel bolt heads and much of the chrome parts have surface rust. The worst damage was a *broken* axle in the rear Campy hub, which I managed to replace with a spare Shimano axle and cones (thinking at the time that I just wanted to get it rideable, before spending actual money on parts). The drive side crank had been destroyed when the numb-nuts that owned it before had ridden with a loose pedal until the threads all stripped out and the pedal fell off, so I used a Deore XT crank and old chainrings that I happened to have around, again just wanting to get it rideable. The Regina 6-speed freewheel was almost solidified with rust and/or dirt, but I flushed it out and got it oiled and working fine. The wheels were badly out of true and undertensioned, but once I adjusted all that, the rims were in fantastic shape. The eyelets have a little surface rust, that's all.
All in all, there is not much actual wear on the bike, it has just suffered a lot of abuse and neglect. I was amazed to find that the frame is very sound inside, not even any significant surface rust. However, there was gravel inside the bottom bracket, and those bearing races on the cups and spindle are very bad. Rideable for now, but need replacing eventually. The hub bearing races are also not so good, but I already have a nice set of new Campy hubs that I'm thinking of lacing into these Mavic MA-40 rims over the winter. The thing is, I just wanted to make this bike rideable so my husband could use it as an errand bike. But then, I took it for a ride when I had it done, and I fell totally in love with it. I have a lovely 1984 Salsa custom-built touring bike, which is comfy like an easy chair, and I never thought I'd like riding any other bike. Secretly, I think I've always lusted after a pure road bike, and when I felt how wonderful this one is to ride, I was swept off my feet. I've put over 150 miles on it in the last week. It has downtube friction shifters, and the original derailleurs. I don't know anything about how to tell what model of Bianchi this is, or what model of Campy these components are, so I will post this as a separate thread to ask for help on the I.D. It is definitely a 1986, from everything I've found in the archives about dating a Bianchi--the cranks were positively dated 1985, and the number on the bottom bracket seems to verify that this is a 1986 model. That's all I know! If anyone can tell me anything more from the pictures, I'd love to know. Oh, sorry about the bar tape, it was just the cheapest I could find and I looked at it as a potential theft deterrent! :D Fantastic for a free bike!. I'm looking your gift horse in the mouth and I would check the fork, it looks like its pushed back, but it could just be the angle of the photo. The crank is definitely worth fixing. Drill out the threads and put a helicoil in it. It'll hardly be noticeable. Good luck. |
I've been busy. I saved a '84 Schwinn World Sport from a date with a landfill. Was showroom stock, nose to tail.It's 21" frame, and the rear Der. went into the wheel, replaced it and sunk some sweat & $$ into it.A very nice genteel ride,it should last another 22 years.
This week i picked up a Miyata triple cross,60cm.The front Der. date is Dec. 84.Triple butted tubing,very nice after some degunking.The Schwinn will be for sale. I got 25 years out of two Peugeots. I seldom buy a new steed. Happy Thanksgiving, Chris |
Originally Posted by San Rensho
Fantastic for a free bike!. I'm looking your gift horse in the mouth and I would check the fork, it looks like its pushed back, but it could just be the angle of the photo. The crank is definitely worth fixing. Drill out the threads and put a helicoil in it. It'll hardly be noticeable. Good luck.
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Some photos of my neighbour's yard, so luker can admire his landscaping skills. Cleared out a suburban garage today; we have a Bianchi Forza 51cm and a Trek 330 60cm cluttering the composition. Bianchi is prolly Taiwan made, no stickers as to manufacture and not as nice as the above Bianchi lawkd netted; what a fine catch, I must say.Also found a set of maillard hubs laced to rigida blue labels; slowly and surely the parts for the Follis are beginning to fall in place. Going to need to have that darn bike yard sale soon. House is filling up.
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check out the seat bag. I found $32 in one once.
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Not exactly a catch because I paid the price for it ($420!!). Why? I wanted parts. I'm going to buy a schwinn paramount frame in my size for 150 tomorrow or the next day and I have an old Miele frame I am repainting. Needless to say I need period parts. She has Victory?? deraileurs and shifters (according to an early post about a Bianchi), Modolo Brake and levers (original modolo pads!), Ofmega Hubs, headset, and BB. Alas, See this vintage bianchi in all her glory. A 58cm with maybe even the original tires (wolber). Check the paint! it looks like new aside from a few nics here and there. I don't want to tear her down because it would be blasphemy so I am going to resell it. Hopefully I can get the same price!
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Finally broke the drought with something decent - a mid 80's Centurion Accordo. This itty bitty 21" thing is an absolute beauty, and is a stunning slate blue metallic. I doubt it has 50 miles on it. It came to me filthy and in need of tires and tape - that's it. I spent an hour cleaning it, mounting tires, re-taping, and was rewarded with a real dazzler.
I just took it for a spin and it was a very, very nice ride. Too bad it is too small for me! Probably no higher than a mid level bike, but here's what it features: Tange 900 Cro-Mo DB tubing Diacompe 500 side pull calipers QR Araya alloy wheels with sealed bearing hubs Suntour AR derailluers Sugino crank Oh, yeah - I paid $10 for it...... :D https://home.comcast.net/~dbltap/cen..._accordo_1.JPG https://home.comcast.net/~dbltap/cen..._accordo_2.JPG |
I bought a women's 1980 Varsity for $7. I bought it for the stem and handlebars in case I decide to switch my Suburban to drop bars.
I think I may also use the crank to replace the front freewheel on the Suburban... I will need to figure out what to do about the rusty chain guard though. The frame is actually in pretty nice shape just some issues with the decals. However the rims are quite rusted and the tires (which look original) are trashed. The bike looks like it wasn't used much, and then stored outside for several years. If anyone is interested in a green 1980 Women's varsity frame and fork (measures about 21.5 inches from center of crank to top of seat tube) I will give it to you for my shipping cost... Although that could be more than the frame is worth. Will arrange pickup if you are in North-East PA One of these days I hope to find a bike worth keeping instead of a parts bike, but I'll take what I can get. :) |
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Good fishin' today (and it's been a while too...). On my way to pick up some feed for my pot bellied pig, and at the same time, my wife and I both spot a bike under a load of trash in someone's front yard. I figured I'd turn around & have a look, and from 20 feet away spotted Nervex Pro lugs...! I called around & found someone in the house at the back of the lot (woke him up), and asked if I could take the bike in the junk pile... "sure, have at it". I quickly dug it out of the heap & stuck it in the car. I even restacked the junk nicely.
Looks like a late '60s-early '70s Swedish Crescent Pro of some flavor (there were several grades / component levels). Not a bad find for free; frame's Reynolds 531 with Campagnolo drop-outs, and looks straight with no dents! Nice steel Stronglight cranks with Simplex alloy rings, junky Campagnolo derailleurs (Valentino, Velox, or something like that), a Nuovo Tipo rear hub & Regina freewheel laced to what I'll guess is a Mavic rim. Front wheel's the cheapo Normandy hub with a Weinmann rim. I'll probably strip the frame & offer it up on the "for trade" thread, and eBay if no takers there. Should be a very nice rider; looks like around a 58cm frame. After the feed store, something was calling me from the local thrift... Turns out it was this late '80s Peugeot lugged steel mountain bike, a "Canyon Express", and it looks nearly unridden. Got it along with a cool Tour de France cap that's like new, both for under $70 out the door. Price seemed a bit high at first, but it's not that often I find a cherry 15+ year old mountain bike of good quality (butted Tange MTB tubeset, and it's got lugs!). Most bikes like that are thrashed. I'll pump the tires & oil the chain, and my second child (or I) can ride it. The thing's completely original. |
Originally Posted by lawkd
I got this a few weeks back, for free, from the maintenance guy in our apartment building. He had picked it up when someone up the street set it out at the curb on garbage pickup day. He knew that I love bikes, so he asked me if I'd like to have it. Of course I never say no to an offer of a free bike, even if it's just for parts or to fix it up and find it a new home. This one was in pretty bad shape, it had been trashed and then set out probably in a shed or something for about ten years. It was covered with dirt and all the little steel bolt heads and much of the chrome parts have surface rust. The worst damage was a *broken* axle in the rear Campy hub, which I managed to replace with a spare Shimano axle and cones (thinking at the time that I just wanted to get it rideable, before spending actual money on parts). The drive side crank had been destroyed when the numb-nuts that owned it before had ridden with a loose pedal until the threads all stripped out and the pedal fell off, so I used a Deore XT crank and old chainrings that I happened to have around, again just wanting to get it rideable. The Regina 6-speed freewheel was almost solidified with rust and/or dirt, but I flushed it out and got it oiled and working fine. The wheels were badly out of true and undertensioned, but once I adjusted all that, the rims were in fantastic shape. The eyelets have a little surface rust, that's all.
All in all, there is not much actual wear on the bike, it has just suffered a lot of abuse and neglect. I was amazed to find that the frame is very sound inside, not even any significant surface rust. However, there was gravel inside the bottom bracket, and those bearing races on the cups and spindle are very bad. Rideable for now, but need replacing eventually. The hub bearing races are also not so good, but I already have a nice set of new Campy hubs that I'm thinking of lacing into these Mavic MA-40 rims over the winter. The thing is, I just wanted to make this bike rideable so my husband could use it as an errand bike. But then, I took it for a ride when I had it done, and I fell totally in love with it. I have a lovely 1984 Salsa custom-built touring bike, which is comfy like an easy chair, and I never thought I'd like riding any other bike. Secretly, I think I've always lusted after a pure road bike, and when I felt how wonderful this one is to ride, I was swept off my feet. I've put over 150 miles on it in the last week. It has downtube friction shifters, and the original derailleurs. I don't know anything about how to tell what model of Bianchi this is, or what model of Campy these components are, so I will post this as a separate thread to ask for help on the I.D. It is definitely a 1986, from everything I've found in the archives about dating a Bianchi--the cranks were positively dated 1985, and the number on the bottom bracket seems to verify that this is a 1986 model. That's all I know! If anyone can tell me anything more from the pictures, I'd love to know. Oh, sorry about the bar tape, it was just the cheapest I could find and I looked at it as a potential theft deterrent! :D |
Originally Posted by jet sanchEz
Hrm, is the photo gone? I would love to see what a free Bianchi looks like ;)
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Out trolling for a catch this morning, found a Giant Sedona and a Raleigh (urgh) Technium 450, threw 'em back, too many bikes right now. Went into a thrift where I never find bikes (really good for books and clothes) and this little fifteen dollar beauty was waiting for me. Ross Aristocrat, 61cm, Ishiwata 024 DB chromoly frame, Shimano 600 Arabesque group in excellent condition. Maillard wheelset with a very very nice close range corncob suntour six speed freewheel. Been wondering what to stick on the Follis when I build it up this winter, and I may just move the parts over from this frame. I may fix this one up and ride it, see how I like it, I dunno, I get about four weeks off soon. But it's so purty and my size. May keep the frame, maybe not, it's always good to have a couple beater frames my size (in case one gets stolen), and this is one of the really nice Rosses. Photo of contents of seat bag included for luker's eyes; I now have enough tire irons to comfortably wait out the upcoming bike shortage of 2008.
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Originally Posted by Poguemahone
...Like that Crescent, OG; if it were just a bit bigger I'd be lining up a snipe on ebuy right about now.
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Jeez. I get excited when I score a virtually unused Brooks Team Pro for $50. I live in the wrong area. LOL. But I guess I could brag about the 3Rensho early SRA I scored last Feb. Full C-Record and really sharp. $500 and sold it for substantially more.
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Originally Posted by Poguemahone
<snip> 61cm, Ishiwata, 600 Arabesque <snip>
Originally Posted by Poguemahone
<snip> Photo of contents of seat bag included <snip>
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Hey CV-6; nice avatar. ;)
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Pougemahone - I like that Shimano group as well. Passed on buying a Shogun a while back with that group on it. Hair small on me and now I've got my Shimano Golden Arrow group to keep me happy (for now). I'll always keep the G.A. group (RIP sydney) and look forward to many great miles on it.
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man oh man. I bought a bag of campy shifters a while back. It arrived today and in the bag was a pivot washer for a Mavic tinkertoy rear derailleur!
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Headed for Michigan tomorrow to see my gf, but before I left wanted to put up a pic of the frame that will soon be on its way. A huge thanks to lotek and s70rguy. Mostly a catch in my eyes because it's a full 531 frame. Something I highly doubted I'd mange to talk myself into purchasing right now. :)
Linked due to large photo size (1600x1200) Most importantly you all won't have to hear me drop hints about me looking for frames any more... anyone got a spare wheelset? :p j/k. |
Very cool cuda! Early '80s?
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yup, 82/83ish. About the same age as my other frame. It's getting a Shimano 105/600 7/8speed group, likely coldset to 130 for an Mavic open pro wheelset. I know this frame should be Campy equipped, but I've already got the Shimano gear and already expanding my cycling budget for the year to get this frame and some wheels. Catch you all in a week, I'll probably check in once or twice from Michigan but thats about it.
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I finally decided to start exploring the New Jersey Craig's List a week ago, and was hoping for newer, but this is a great fit... Both the size of the bike, and the type of bike.
It is not as vintage as some (but it is pre-brfter), nor as cheap/free as some but I just bought a 1989 Cannondale touring bike for $80 in pretty good shape some exposed aluminum on the frame, and neds new tires. It has a rear rack, a blinky that never needs batteries (magnet in the spokes) and a non-working Vetta C-15 computer... well, at least it wasn't working until I changed the battery. Indexed 18 speed with 27" wheels. It did cost more than some might pay for it ($80) but it will fill my needs for touring and centuries for the next year or more with little more than new tires, and putting my Brooks B17 on it. Now I have a winter project to do some cleaning, lubing and touch-up painting. |
That's kind of small to be called a project. ;) Nice find.
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Well, I have discovered at least one issue, the bottom screw for the cage boss under the down tube spins and won't come out. So there is something I will have to learn about repairing.
And remember, this is my first project... kind of... I actually have two projects for the winter, my 1979 Suburban for commuting etc and now my 1989 Cannondale for touring and centuries etc. :) |
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