gt eunuch

Just finished this build for my brother in law. He brought me a full bike, which had been ENTIRELY spraybombed by his once-girlfriend (she thought he wouldn't like a blue bike as a gift, so she 'fixed' it). While disassembling it, we surmised that the brand name was 'Staiger', from Germany. I am not positive that the frameset material is anything to write home about but it will make a great rider.

We completely stripped the suprisingly straight frame down to bare metal, painted the fully disassembled frame flat black, and completely re-assembled. The original cotter cranks (bent), brakes(pivots loose, and bent to hell), wheelset(ever try to get paint off a wheelset?), stem(broken at wedge), bars(bent), fork(bent), derailleurs(bent/broken), headset all went in the trash.

EVERYTHING else you see was sourced from my spare parts. Shimano 600 derailleurs, Suntour stem shifters, Blaze crankset with some sort of ellipsoid rings, Bars, stem, headset, wheelset all cleaned and installed. New bartape, hoods, seat, chain and Tires were purchased for cheap on fleaBay and I dug up some red housings from the proverbial 'bin'.

I am not normally a fan of color matching components (aside from BLACK BLACK BLACK!!!), but I think this came out looking fairly good, especially for just random parts being bolted on.







Anyone else have bikes built in a similar manner?

jimmuller 

Nice looking bike. I'm not really a fan of colored tires but those do match the color scheme nicely.

It's hard to say that any of my bikes are all parts-bin-equipped. At some point I've had to acquire everything on all the bikes one way or another, now haven't I? By your definition I think it would mean using all parts I had previously acquired before I had a frame to use them on. Only the UO8 was purchased new and assembled. The rest were single-frame acquisitions, maybe accompanied by an attached headset or stem, or by a few parts that may or may not have fit. The non-yet-ridden '74 Motobecane CT did come with its wheels but as a separate purchase. When someone gives you a horse in the mouth you don't question whether it is a gift. No wait, that's not right... A wheel in time saves nine links of chain. Or something.

Jeff Wills

Every bike I have has parts that were originally on another bike. That's what I like about bikes:

gt eunuch

Well I am officially jealous of your parts bin

gaucho777 

This monster was a parts bin special from the start. A local bike shop was going out of business and left the frame on the curb. I thought it would be a good excuse to get rid of some parts I was not using. I eventually went with a more conventional cockpit and swapped out the saddle and stem before selling it, but this was how this FrankenVega was reborn into the world. It's alive!

Michael Angelo 

This super Course is a Parts bin Special. It's now in my Little Brothers hands....he's 6'5" 280lbs....He helped me out on shipping a bike frame to me, so I paid him back with this build. I painted the frame, built the wheels, and built up the whole bike, new tires too.

Chrome Molly 

Parts bin gravel grinder. A taiwan RRB import frame of Tange 2, added bits that were swapped out of road and MTB's. Wound up with a cross between road and mountain, without being a cross bike proper. Then of course I stumbled upon a Lemond Poprad frame, which means this thing may need to be repurposed into something else eventually (parts possibly going back into the bin). The nifty saddle from my Secret Santa will stay even if the bike goes.

auchencrow

I remember the first time you posted this - such a nice build, MA.

auchencrow

I bought my humble white '73 Raleigh Gazelle-GP as a raw frame and fork from CL, and everything else came from my spares except for the expendables which I purchased new (tires tubes shoes tape hoods cables/hsg chain spokes and FW - and the bell).

SJX426 

Y'all have see this before, but another excuse to post pics! The frame, fork, HS and BB are original. All the other parts are from other bikes. In fact, most of them are 10 years older than the frame! This was a trial build. I am waiting for warm weather to paint.

jimmuller 

How many of you if given a bare frame could build up a complete bike from your parts bin alone? Not me. All my bikes but one came to me as bare or nearly-bare frames, but I've always had to go in search of at least one piece, even if it was just a seat post binder bolt. The better the frame, the choosier we must be too.

RaleighSport

This bike gets posted a bit.. but it fits the criteria nicely.

The only non bin parts are: Seatpost, seatpost binder, frame, fork, headset. They all were originally on this bike when it was being thrown out at a rental property I do the caretaking on.

AZORCH

I'm a little embarrassed to admit that I could easily build several frames just from my parts stash, some even with matching groups. (And still have odds 'n sods leftover to fill in the gaps for someone else.) To call me a packrat is an understatement.

vonfilm 

My build of this 1987 Schwinn Super Sport was largely from the parts bin. Things that I had on hand were the crankset, wheels, handlebars, seat post bolt, brakes, derailleurs, levers, seat, and tires. The frame and forks had sat around for about 3 years before I got around to it.

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RaleighSport

Here's a question.. do stored framesets counted as bin parts?

vonfilm 

Indeed they do.

seedsbelize 

I believe I finally have a parts bin which is up to the task. And it just so happens that I've got a couple of framesets hanging here awaiting them.

RaleighSport

I may have an all parts bin contender this week then.. might be interesting to see if I can do it with my tiny pile compared to a lot of peoples giant piles of parts here.

clubman 

This Dunelt has been in the "bins" for 4 years.

Italuminium

pretty much all of them.

Barrettscv 

These two bikes were built from a frameset. Every part was sourced from my small collection or from eBay;

The bike is a 1986-ish Serotta Nova Special X. I'm using a 32 spoke wheelset featuring Shimano 600 tri-color hubs and Mavic Open Pro rims. The rear wheel was rebuilt and a Shimano Deore XTR eight-speed 12-28 cassette was installed. The Crankset is a Suntour Superbe with 52, 42 & 30 chainrings, the pedals also are Suntour Superbe. The rear derailleur is a Shimano long arm 6207 GS 600 series, the front derailleur is a Campagnolo for triple. Shifters are NOS Shimano eight-speed 600. The Brakes are Shimano 105 and the levers are NOS Shimano 600. Currently I'm using new 700x23 Vittoria Rubino Pro tires. The cables and guides are new. The headset is a rebuilt Dura Ace and the BB is rebuilt Shimano.









This is a 1997-ish Simoncini Cyclocross Special. The wheelset includes Campagnolo Record High-flange hubs. The 48, 36 & 26 Sugino crankset is ideal for the 13-24 seven speed Suntour freewheel. The Suntour bar end shifter are easy to use. The Challenge tires roll fast and ride very smooth.

JohnDThompson 

Me too. Here's one of my favorites, though:



Almost everything is mis-matched. The front and rear mudguards are different. Front rim is Rigida, rear is Campy. the left crank arm is Zeus, the right is SR Royal. The chainring is Sugino. The bottom bracket cups are Campy. The spindle is SunTour. The headset is an amalgam of various Tange pieces. The stem is TTT. The bars are Nitto.

Roger M 

I rebuilt this a few years ago with parts onhand. Most of the original hardware was rusted or corroded beyond saving. I sold it the same year. Bigbossman was generous in donating a set of brakes to this project.

due ruote 

It's even easier with no derailleurs!

Lascauxcaveman 

My two favorites in the "Frankenbike" category:

1972 Lambert Grand Prix: fork from an early 70's Le Tour, 600 Arabesque RD and shifters, unknown Shimano FD, Weinmann centerpulls, 90's Suntour Superbe crank, heavy old steel KTT pedals, wheels are MA2s IIRC, with a SunTour Perfect freewheel, stem from a Trek 2100, Sakae bars, 90's Shimano 105 brake levers, 80's Concor saddle, generic seatpost from eBay, 3-M Scotch Tape as cable clips (temporary fix, I assure you), front bag mount meticulously handcrafted from a single piece of 6061 aluminum rod stock by Caveman Engineering, LLC.



1980(?) CDN market Apollo Prestige fixie, unknown fork, Alex 450 rims, Lambert stem (hey!?), Sakae crank, Sakae bars, Shimano RX100 brake lever, Weinmann centerpull caliper, Special 04 saddle, Peugeot fenders (but they're already marked for moving over to my Super Course, when I get around to it) generic seatpost from eBay.