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02-08-20, 12:36 PM
#6951
buy my bikes
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Just snagged this from the local bike co-op: 1989 Panasonic MC4500. I think this was the last year of Panasonic in America? The price - a whopping $70, and all original in very good shape. Needed pedals so I pulled some period correct Sakae Lo-Fats from my stash. Now what to do with it? Thinking maybe a euro style trekking bike... what say the collective mind?
I picked up an '89 Bianchi for about $60 last fall, with a lot more paint damage and lower grade components. (I think I posted it here already....)
My view is, if you were to try to order a lugged frame & fork today, how much would it cost? $1000? $2000? Lots. So $70 and ready to roll, very nice.
02-08-20, 02:50 PM
#6952
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Smokinapankake that is a very nice score! For myself I usually have to restrain the urge to fill a cart with a bunch of new parts but as I have gotten (even) older I have started to slow down and after making sure the bike is safe (shifts, stops, tires not dry rotted etc) I just ride it for a while and let it tell me what works and what doesn't, if it fits, if I like the ride etc. This has saved me from making investments and spending allot to time on a bike that really didn't fit. So ride it, allot, take notes and then decide, YMMV. I only figured this out after spending $$ and time first and then realizing the bike wasn't a great fit 
If you do make upgrades, save the old stock parts. Enjoy the Panasonic.
I picked up this Trek for $20 and fixed a flat, got the shifters to work again and have just about got it to index to all gears. After riding it I know I would want to swap the tires to something more urban suited and I would need the stem to be a touch shorter for a really dialed in fit.
Trek 850 Antelope
If you do make upgrades, save the old stock parts. Enjoy the Panasonic.
I picked up this Trek for $20 and fixed a flat, got the shifters to work again and have just about got it to index to all gears. After riding it I know I would want to swap the tires to something more urban suited and I would need the stem to be a touch shorter for a really dialed in fit.
Trek 850 Antelope
02-08-20, 02:57 PM
#6953
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Seattle WA
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Bikes: 2009 Handsome Devil, 1987 Trek 520 Cirrus, 1978 Motobecane Grand Touring, 1987 Nishiki Cresta GT, 1989 Specialized Allez Former bikes; 1986 Miyata Trail Runner, 1979 Miyata 912, 2011 VO Rando, 1999 Cannondale R800, 1986 Schwinn Passage
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@Smokinapankake Trek called that color Sour Grape and although I am not a Husky I do live in Seattle so its a great color for the locals
02-08-20, 03:55 PM
#6954
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Smokinapankake that is a very nice score! For myself I usually have to restrain the urge to fill a cart with a bunch of new parts but as I have gotten (even) older I have started to slow down and after making sure the bike is safe (shifts, stops, tires not dry rotted etc) I just ride it for a while and let it tell me what works and what doesn't, if it fits, if I like the ride etc. This has saved me from making investments and spending allot to time on a bike that really didn't fit. So ride it, allot, take notes and then decide, YMMV. I only figured this out after spending $$ and time first and then realizing the bike wasn't a great fit
If you do make upgrades, save the old stock parts. Enjoy the Panasonic.
I picked up this Trek for $20 and fixed a flat, got the shifters to work again and have just about got it to index to all gears. After riding it I know I would want to swap the tires to something more urban suited and I would need the stem to be a touch shorter for a really dialed in fit.
Trek 850 Antelope
If you do make upgrades, save the old stock parts. Enjoy the Panasonic.
I picked up this Trek for $20 and fixed a flat, got the shifters to work again and have just about got it to index to all gears. After riding it I know I would want to swap the tires to something more urban suited and I would need the stem to be a touch shorter for a really dialed in fit.
Trek 850 Antelope
02-08-20, 05:31 PM
#6955
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Bikes: 2009 Handsome Devil, 1987 Trek 520 Cirrus, 1978 Motobecane Grand Touring, 1987 Nishiki Cresta GT, 1989 Specialized Allez Former bikes; 1986 Miyata Trail Runner, 1979 Miyata 912, 2011 VO Rando, 1999 Cannondale R800, 1986 Schwinn Passage
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02-08-20, 05:36 PM
#6956
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Mid-80s Raleigh Elkhorn
02-08-20, 10:44 PM
#6957
Old Boy
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Bikes: Mostly 1st-generation, top-of-the-line, non-unicrown MTBs/ATBs: All 1984 models: Dawes Ranger, Peugeot Canyon Express, Ross Mt. Whitney (chrome), Schwinn High Sierra, and a 1983 Trek 850.
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Wow! I didn't know Raleigh made those so TALL. That bike is absolutely Gorgeous! But don't you think it deserves a better saddle? Brooks Flyer would be perfect. IMHO, of course.
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Roulez pour la joie, jamais pour la douleur.
USMC 1981-1991 Semper Fi!
02-10-20, 03:28 AM
#6958
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Here's the 1993 catalog.
02-10-20, 06:54 AM
#6959
Mr. Anachronism
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02-10-20, 09:53 AM
#6960
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Bikes: 2009 Handsome Devil, 1987 Trek 520 Cirrus, 1978 Motobecane Grand Touring, 1987 Nishiki Cresta GT, 1989 Specialized Allez Former bikes; 1986 Miyata Trail Runner, 1979 Miyata 912, 2011 VO Rando, 1999 Cannondale R800, 1986 Schwinn Passage
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02-10-20, 10:05 AM
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Bikes: 1938 claud butler,1983 Basso,teledyne titan,teocali super,nrs,1993 stumpjumper fsr,Paramountain,Paramount Buell(sold),4 banger,Zaskar LE,Colnago Master Ibex MTB,1987ish,.etc....
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late '01 Toccoa litespeed.
02-10-20, 12:07 PM
#6962
Blamester
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02-10-20, 12:32 PM
#6963
WV is not flat..
Thanks for the catalog. Yes the fork was changed, but I like the upgrade. This thing rides great. I might make a change to the stem for a little flatter layout and pull it back a little. I’m liking this one so far. Might be a keeper.
02-10-20, 02:32 PM
#6964
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02-10-20, 02:52 PM
#6965
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There is an 88 Schwinn impact on fleabay...I just got one local off cl for only 60 bucks. Minty. Black chrome. Igot to get some pics....this is the third c.v. Schwinn mountain bike for my stable. I just love them.
02-10-20, 02:53 PM
#6966
Senior Member
Double post
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02-13-20, 08:59 AM
#6968
Hoards Thumbshifters
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2007 Stumpy. Last year with threaded posts for rim brakes, I think. I had to thread the post on.
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02-13-20, 09:30 AM
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Change things up a little, although poor picture. Mid 80's Schwinn High Sierra, TIG welded and brazed in Japan, that wasn't in good enough shape to be a barn restoration. Threw away everything but the frame which was acid-dipped and powder coated. !000w, motor operated at 52v with a 30 amp controller.
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02-13-20, 09:12 PM
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'97 Stumpjumper M2
Found this '97 Stumpjumper M2 under a blanket of dust and cobwebs in the basement of a home I was workin in. Another worker got to it before me, but then sold it to me when he heard I'd wanted it. He only asked for what he paid a bike shop to get it runnin again, $80... Though I'm not sure what the shop did to it, as it still wouldn't shift into the big ring, and the rear brakes were rubbing the back wheel. Easy fixes anyway.
02-13-20, 11:45 PM
#6971
Total Scrounge
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Found this '97 Stumpjumper M2 under a blanket of dust and cobwebs in the basement of a home I was workin in. Another worker got to it before me, but then sold it to me when he heard I'd wanted it. He only asked for what he paid a bike shop to get it runnin again, $80... Though I'm not sure what the shop did to it, as it still wouldn't shift into the big ring, and the rear brakes were rubbing the back wheel. Easy fixes anyway.
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02-14-20, 11:06 PM
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Hoards Thumbshifters
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Found this '97 Stumpjumper M2 under a blanket of dust and cobwebs in the basement of a home I was workin in. Another worker got to it before me, but then sold it to me when he heard I'd wanted it. He only asked for what he paid a bike shop to get it runnin again, $80... Though I'm not sure what the shop did to it, as it still wouldn't shift into the big ring, and the rear brakes were rubbing the back wheel. Easy fixes anyway.
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02-15-20, 08:17 AM
#6973
Newbie
Picked this Rockhopper up last week, have been looking for some time. 199? Rockhopper 3x8, Priority one is street tires. Recommendations? Future: rack, fenders, seat and possibly drop bars.
02-15-20, 08:25 AM
#6974
Bikes are okay, I guess.
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02-15-20, 08:33 AM
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Found this '97 Stumpjumper M2 under a blanket of dust and cobwebs in the basement of a home I was workin in. Another worker got to it before me, but then sold it to me when he heard I'd wanted it. He only asked for what he paid a bike shop to get it runnin again, $80... Though I'm not sure what the shop did to it, as it still wouldn't shift into the big ring, and the rear brakes were rubbing the back wheel. Easy fixes anyway.
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