Keeper. Definitely a keeper.

ill be down for the potluck.

talked one of the LBS here into letting me raid the basement. scored a bunch of vintage track goodies for 100 bucks.

http://static.flickr.com/133/317495397_44580a4295.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/126/317495734_e2e6d0ce6d.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/128/317495900_6d7e5ead46.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/143/317496321_06132d1726.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/124/317496038_93b24c0a25.jpg

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. That chain is superb.

Edit: Isn't it supposed to block that?

i guess with enough U's you can get away with it :)

Hehe.

You going to keep everything?

for the time being, yes. I am in the middle of a few trades right now and it depends what I end up with and what i want to do next. deffinately not gonna ride that chain, but i'd love to put together an inch pitch group for fun.

Sweet.

That would be fun. I've always wanted to build a bike out of an old inch pitch or something.

Why can't any bike shop I've been in have some of the most absurd finds just waiting for me?

i was there almost an hour before i talked him into letting me raid the basement. im still surprised i got away with it.

Was that your first time in there? It seems like some shop owners would be pretty protective of their stash..

id been in there a few times, but its definitely not a shop i frequent. normally they are a bit overpriced and snobby, and since i do all my own mechanics i never have any reason to go in there. however they have been around since the 40s and i just started going off about old bikes till the guy at the counter decided i was legit... they were having a sale to get rid of some overstock, so i think that worked in my favor.

I just finished building up a new conversion from a freebie ride I got on CL..
see the whole set here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66845153@N00/sets/

http://static.flickr.com/138/317555170_d6feb4d4ca_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/126/317548100_997f770057_b.jpg

Trash to treasure, as they say.

I would say so... it's not bad considering the price, the fenders and wheelset are from another ride, all I bought for it was a chainring, paint, and chain

my winter ride The international drug mule
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/2466/img7899ta1.th.jpg
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/6476/img7903tt3.th.jpg
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/6...7901gu3.th.jpg
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/5...7902vn8.th.jpg


all parts from the junk bin except new spokes and the rear hub is a ss cassett w/ disc brake (soon to be bolt on cog fixed)

three leading three trailing wheels front and back and steel rims

Cool picture and sweet build Morgie.

Can't wait 'till I get a camera so I can try photography out.

Morgie, email that picture to the guy that gave you the frame, it will put him in a good mood to see that it has been put to good use. Seriously.

nice work on the bike, cool shot of harvard square too

I found a pair of these hubs in the basement at the community bike shop. They're rad, but who the hell made them!?

this is my new whip

http://cs-people.bu.edu/bass/images/...in/dosojin.jpg

they look a bit like old brampton hubs

sick.

Is it me or is that one long top tube?

so beautiful!