Well, here's my Catch Of The Day (via FedEx Ground) - a 1973 women's all-gold Raleigh Sports. Goes nicely with my men's '71 all-gold, although this '73 is in far better shape:

http://www.jaysmarine.com/1973_goldsports.jpg
http://www.jaysmarine.com/Gold_double.jpg

Bought it on eBay, auction #7233989983

Take care,

-Kurt

It does have a removable section of the chaincase at the top rear of the chaincase about 3" long.

The Sports models were the ones to have a 5" section that opened on the lower half of the chaincase, not the upper as the DL-1s do.

Take care,

-Kurt

Thank you for the information, it's very helpful!

Glad to be of service. Anytime.

By the way, one of the better hints to tell the two cases apart, aside from the spot of the chaincase that comes off, is that the DL-1's case bolts on to the frame, through a threaded braze-on at the front of the chainstay, and a drilled hole behind the axle slot at the rear of the stay. A Sports chaincase will mount with a similar braze-on in front, but will affix to the rear of the chainstay with a small clamp over the tube.

-Kurt

Old Steyr
 

I found this bike ditched on the side of the road with flat tires. I'm assuming either someone wanted to get rid of it or didn't know how to patch a tube and tossed it? I did a little research but didn't find anything about this specific bike, just a history of the company. I was wondering if anyone could take a look and maybe identify it or estimate when it was made.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...r/DSC_0001.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...r/DSC_0002.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...r/DSC_0003.jpg

sorry they're not amazing photos, I only took them to send them to my friend who I plan on giving the bike to. I was just curious about the bikes' history and I thought she might be as well! It's got a Sturmey-Archer 3-speed rear hub, Brampton "speedy switch" shifter, and it doesn't look like the rims or front hub are stamped.

thanks in advanced,
Brendan

thats a steyr, i forget how its spelled. i have one exaclty like it. they are really cool, and really light for a 60's bike. steyr/puch/daimler. all the same company.

Nothing much
 

A friend found this Schwinn World Sport in the trash and grabbed it for me a while ago and I finally picked it up today. I also grabbed that bike rack from my apartment dumpster a while back. I'm passing this frame on to a friend of mine who might actually fit it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...WorldSport.jpg

heh, a good week for girls 3 speeds? I was riding around a while ago and found one laying up against a park fence with a demolished rear rim.. It was garbage night last night, I figure some vandals got a hold of it and went "joy riding"? Its light blue and its model name is "wayfarer", I dont know the company, something like "emmelle"? Has a sturmey archer hub though, too dark to look over or photograph! But I decided to drag it home cause it has white wall tyres on it surprisingly, I figure I can put them on my "woolco" brentwood singlespeed in order to gussy it up a bit, white walls rule!

Not vintage, but a good catch none-the-less. I mentioned this one a while back when I picked it up, but this is the first ime I've had a chance to take a pic of it after I put it back together.

It is a 53cm 2004 Lemond Reno, WSD. I paid $150 for it, and it needed wheels, tape, and a RD. I have about $230 into it as it sits, and with spring finally unfolding around here I'm hoping to turn a small profit on it very soon..... :D

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/2...ndreno19tp.jpg

Heres the Emmelle wayfarer, from the mid 80s:

http://rollingscrapheap.com/frame_fi...es/emmelle.jpg

http://rollingscrapheap.com/frame_fi.../wrenching.jpg

http://rollingscrapheap.com/frame_fi...es/brentww.jpg

The tread on its rear tire was too messed up, the beads were all warped and it woulnt sit in the rim, so I couldnt use it... continuing the mis-matched wheel theme (thank you).

Is that a VERY faded Sky Blue Sports behind it?

-Kurt

Yup, which was another curb find, last fall.

Are you going to put the rest of the spokes in before you sell it?

My catch today was a 24" Raleigh DL1 single-speed with enclosed chain case. The B.66 saddle came from my saddle bin, but otherwise the bike is intact. Not a hill climber, but surely a slow and steady cruiser.

Neal

http://web.mit.edu/nlerner/Public/Bikes/Roadster1.jpg

Nice score Neal...where did you find it?

Thanks, Kevin. It was a Craig's List find. With the help of Kurt/Cudak's sharp eye, I've realized it's an oddball, however. It's a non-Made-in-England DL1. It's a Raleigh knock off of a Raleigh.

Neal

For god's sake, man -- put a pump on that thing! It looks naked!

It's not a knockoff, Neal. I'd put a guess that it's either a Holland or Irish-made DL-1. Of course, I can't confirm anything without comparing it against examples known to be from each of these factories.

-Kurt

LOL

Got this for $45.00 on Monday! Not sure of the year but this is the serial #RP5-03662.

http://rollingscrapheap.com/frame_files/images/ms.jpg

Ok.. ANOTHER curb find, this time likeable for me (single speed coastered!), seeing me riding one old bike ghost riding another beside me has become way too common a site these days.

Unfortunetly the pins for the 3 piece crankset arms are both messed up and stripped. No pin in my parts box will fit in the holes (all too big), the ones on my raleigh and eatons glider are too big too. I cant completely change the crank because the crank housing is the small type so a 1 piece ccm crank wont work, the housing is also not threaded, so that type of crankset wouldnt work. So It'll have to go to the "chronic pile" sadly. I will never understand why 3 piece crank sets were invented, they are so problematic. Or at least it would be GrEAT if every bike had the exact same crank housing size.

Here's my curb find: A Raleigh Grand Prix found residing in a pile of junk on yard cleanup day.

http://users.cis.net/coldfeet/granprix.JPG

http://users.cis.net/coldfeet/granprix2.JPG & http://users.cis.net/coldfeet/granprix3.JPG

Geez! '77 Grand Prix are falling out of the sky this week.

It seems that way especially in Iowa, I'll post pics of the one I found later this week.

Halelujah!

I just got my trash-find Raleigh tuned/lubed/pumped and am going for a spin.