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Old 07-10-20, 07:15 PM
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$75 some new tires , pads and seat...and a decent amount of elbow grease and will be ready for my week camping vacation
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Old 07-10-20, 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by nesteel
No pics yet, but scored a 1973 Schwinn Paramount P-13 in Silver Mist paint.
What?! Really?1 People around here think that all there junk is worth gold and post for outrageous prices on CL.

How did you come to get that Schwinn Paramount?

I'm looking forward to pictures.
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Old 07-10-20, 11:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Mule
What?! Really?1 People around here think that all there junk is worth gold and post for outrageous prices on CL.

How did you come to get that Schwinn Paramount?

I'm looking forward to pictures.
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The big Opaque Green Sport Tourer was part of the package deal. It's been updated with Shimano 105 9speed equipment including a triple crank. That stuff will be coming off and put on something else, and more period appropriate parts put back on Big Green.
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Old 07-11-20, 03:23 PM
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trash day score! After a little research (please correct me if i'm wrong) it appears to be a "sears screamer"
its definitely rough and parts seem to be scares and expensive, it probably wont be a "restoration" but maybe a "build up" project.
I defiantly think its cool and I have been wanting an old school cruiser project

Im not really sure what its worth, but it might be a cool collectors item once its built up

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Old 07-11-20, 04:32 PM
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Falcon - Ernie Clements???

I liked the orange. I liked the seat and I wondered if that there label indicates some kind of Reynolds tubing. I don't thInk it is high end because of stamped dropouts but worth the $30 CAD. Any thoughts about age... Is this 531?











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Old 07-11-20, 04:37 PM
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the seat is worth the $30. Rest is gravy.
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Old 07-11-20, 06:28 PM
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Reynolds sticker looks like plain gauge, like some Falcons I've seen.
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Originally Posted by thumpism
Reynolds sticker looks like plain gauge, like some Falcons I've seen.
I expected as much. But still a fun little find.
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Old 07-11-20, 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Dannyboy21
I liked the orange. I liked the seat and I wondered if that there label indicates some kind of Reynolds tubing. I don't thInk it is high end because of stamped dropouts but worth the $30 CAD. Any thoughts about age... Is this 531?











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the badge is cool !!
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Old 07-11-20, 10:40 PM
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Salvaged a trek 720 multi trek straight from the dump. Super excited beautiful ride was look g for something for the wife
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Old 07-12-20, 06:59 AM
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Finally some stuff from the 2nd hand store a Cannondale, Prologue, and a big Novara.

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Old 07-12-20, 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Dayz23
Salvaged a trek 720 multi trek straight from the dump. Super excited beautiful ride was look g for something for the wife
Pics? However gruesome, I wanna see!
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Old 07-13-20, 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by xRyan





trash day score! After a little research (please correct me if i'm wrong) it appears to be a "sears screamer"
its definitely rough and parts seem to be scares and expensive, it probably wont be a "restoration" but maybe a "build up" project.
I defiantly think its cool and I have been wanting an old school cruiser project

Im not really sure what its worth, but it might be a cool collectors item once its built up
That is Kool, Lots of work there but it looks pretty complete. Pretty sure it was built by Murray, I would have loved to find it myself, I have a Murray Eliminator 3spd project I will get back to one of these days. When I was truing the rear wheel the dish was off bad I redished the wheel which by the time I was done spokes were sticking thru the nipples, ground the extra off put the wheel on the bike and it was way off center, wtf I thought. Turns out I forgot to install the special washer three speeds use on the drive side axle which is why the dish was off so bad in my stand, now I need to respoke the wheel lol.

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Old 07-13-20, 09:38 AM
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i saved a bmx. but im not sure what it is. says genesis on it in a couple spots but been modified with different parts. went to post a thread about, couldnt since im a newbie
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Old 07-13-20, 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Glennfordx4
That is Kool, Lots of work there but it looks pretty complete. Pretty sure it was built by Murray, I would have loved to find it myself, I have a Murray Eliminator 3spd project I will get back to one of these days. When I was truing the rear wheel the dish was off bad I redished the wheel which by the time I was done spokes were sticking thru the nipples, ground the extra off put the wheel on the bike and it was way off center, wtf I thought. Turns out I forgot to install the special washer three speeds use on the drive side axle which is why the dish was off so bad in my stand, now I need to respoke the wheel lol.

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wow that was a nice find! very clean. I'm defiantly going to have to do some wheel work myself, both of them are cracked and rusted out. I have never tried wheel building, i'm sure i'm going to have to do a lot of research on it.
i got my bike all torn down for a rebuild and it seems someone had done a spray paint job on it which is flaking off, I am hoping i can get that layer off. I can see the original paint underneath which is yellow that fades to red in the rear of the bike which matches the sears screamers. I don't know to much about the muscle type sifters either, Its going to be an interesting journey
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Old 07-15-20, 03:09 PM
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These are awesome!

I still ride mine.Great, smooth steel ride. Yes, the pedals are worth something. The seat and rim are not original though/ The seat says "turbo" on it and is perforated. The Arraya RM-20 rims for this bike have a gold/brown anodizing job. Hope you fixed it up!
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Old 07-17-20, 12:05 PM
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At the thrift today and scored a perfect, new pair of Pedro tire levers for 2 usd!

If you are near Avondale Estates, GA., Second Life Thrift has a pair of Aero Bars for 9 bucks! I could not determine the make, but the bars and attachments are clean and without scratches, the pads look good....
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Old 07-19-20, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by thinktubes
Was out for a pre-dinner walk with the wife and spied a bike out in an alley trash pile. Even without glasses, I could tell it was a road bike.


The homeowner was in the garage and I asked if he was throwing it out. He said yes and that he would have keep all the parts if he thought that anyone one would have wanted it.

Looks like a 1987 Schwinn Prelude. Tenex tubing. Looks to be in decent shape, but it was getting dark and I don't have my glasses. Looks like it only needs wheels, a seat and post (plus a nut for the rear brake.

Lucky grab, since my neighborhood is ruthlessly patrolled by scrappers.






Finally got this put back together. Mercury retrograde and "Covad" were conspiring against me.

Had the wheelset, buy had to buy a 26.6 seatpost and 6-speed freewheel. First seller sent a junk freewheel, second seller sent a 7-speed, but made it right by sending me a 6-speed.

Had to change the brake calipers and redo the brake cabling. Seatpost binder was frozen and snapped. Starting to remember why I stopped flipping.....

All-in-all, happy with how it turned out.

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Old 07-20-20, 11:57 AM
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Picked this up at the local thrift store for cheap.. really cheap. 2000 Mongoose Pro DX 10.5 It has a Titanium frame and looks to be mostly all original. I know its a new bike in C&V. but i know people here could appreciate a Mongoose and a TI frame. its a 18" frame which is small for me , but its the first Ti frame i have owned. Not sure what im gonna do with it yet either flip it or hold onto it for my Son.



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It was a double blue freebie pick up today. A Fisher Advance which I'll be keeping since it's my size and fits in with my herd. And a Peugeot Glacier Point which I'll probably end up flipping or giving it to a relative.
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Scored an organ donor for the '86 Super Sport frame set I got from fellow member Rotten a couple years ago. An '87 Super Sport with lots of rust and blistered paint but pretty decent Shimano 600 Tri Color group.

The frameset I got from Rotten .....



The donor bike......



It has a lot of rust and blistered paint but the components should clean up very nicely.


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Old 07-25-20, 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by fleslider
Picked this up at the local thrift store for cheap.. really cheap. 2000 Mongoose Pro DX 10.5 It has a Titanium frame and looks to be mostly all original. I know its a new bike in C&V. but i know people here could appreciate a Mongoose and a TI frame. its a 18" frame which is small for me , but its the first Ti frame i have owned. Not sure what im gonna do with it yet either flip it or hold onto it for my Son.



Wow! That's amazing. That was pretty much the Steve Larson Mongoose. I think I remember someone saying they were made by Sandvik.
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Originally Posted by Mr. 66
Finally some stuff from the 2nd hand store a Cannondale, Prologue, and a big Novara.

Nice! The Prologue is high end Schwinn, and yours has the "sexy lady" sticker and what I think is rare, a Pearl Izumi saddle (those are nice. I've got one I'm hanging onto.) That Novara is also pretty sweet, as it's the result of Scot Nicol (Ibis) designing bikes for REI. It's very similiar to some of the Ibis bikes of the time.
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Wow! That's amazing. That was pretty much the Steve Larson Mongoose. I think I remember someone saying they were made by Sandvik.
Thanks, i was really suprised to find it, i have read also the frame was made by Sandvik. These things seem pretty rare a google image search does not bring up much about them.
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