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04-05-20, 07:46 PM
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"It's got red eyes! It must be a monster!" Nathan a five year old thirty five years ago. Still holds true today. I'm wondering what that thing would do to a bunch of moles in the back yard.. Smiles, MH
04-07-20, 11:30 AM
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fleabay Motobecane deal
Only sixy dollah frame. oh and 30 to ship. Nice stamped dropouts. Smashed head badge. Rear fork cold set to... looks like 3mm?
Someone snap up this bargain!
Pretty sure that seat post will slide right out. Easy access brake mount.
Someone snap up this bargain!
Pretty sure that seat post will slide right out. Easy access brake mount.
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04-07-20, 12:12 PM
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A Mirage was the cheapest BSO Motobecane made in those days. sub $100 bicycle circa 1970, with huret shifters, etc.
04-07-20, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Insidious C.
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04-07-20, 05:22 PM
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^Tire Mark's on your seat tube is never a good thing...
04-08-20, 09:44 AM
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Brand-new, Made in France, all stainless steel!
https://sacramento.craigslist.org/bi...099692380.html
https://sacramento.craigslist.org/bi...099692380.html
04-08-20, 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by dddd
Brand-new, Made in France, all stainless steel!
https://sacramento.craigslist.org/bi...099692380.html
https://sacramento.craigslist.org/bi...099692380.html
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04-08-20, 10:17 AM
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Made in Remulac, a small town in France.
04-08-20, 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by smontanaro
What, you've never heard of the little Chinese hamlet, France?
04-09-20, 06:30 AM
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04-09-20, 07:08 AM
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Originally Posted by cb400bill
04-09-20, 01:40 PM
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3 beautiful Schwann:
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/bik...100848319.html
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/bik...100848319.html
04-09-20, 02:46 PM
1/2 as far in 2x the time
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Originally Posted by Insidious C.
Only sixy dollah frame. oh and 30 to ship. Nice stamped dropouts. Smashed head badge. Rear fork cold set to... looks like 3mm?
Someone snap up this bargain!
Pretty sure that seat post will slide right out. Easy access brake mount.
Someone snap up this bargain!
Pretty sure that seat post will slide right out. Easy access brake mount.
04-09-20, 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by jetboy
3 beautiful Schwann:
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/bik...100848319.html
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/bik...100848319.html
geez, early 70s, we'd get bikes like that from the thrift store for like $20 or $30, haul them up Mt Tam, and if we were lucky, get a few downhill runs before we'd wreck them. cheap thrills! I did hate those New Departure inch-pinch coaster brakes, they'd get so hot they'd smoke, then seize up.
04-09-20, 07:40 PM
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As if a death fork wasn't enough to worry about. This viscount is for those who want live on the edge 😬
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...2071512209752/
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...2071512209752/
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04-09-20, 07:45 PM
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Not a Death Fork..
04-09-20, 09:36 PM
Bikes are okay, I guess.
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Originally Posted by cb400bill
Not a Death Fork..
04-10-20, 06:42 AM
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Originally Posted by cb400bill
Not a Death Fork..
04-10-20, 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by cb400bill
Not a Death Fork..
But wow, the more I look at this the worse it gets. There is a front derailleur mounted on the bottom bracket/stem combo. If that chain drops you're likely to lose at least a few teeth!
04-10-20, 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by morri869
As if a death fork wasn't enough to worry about. This viscount is for those who want live on the edge 😬
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...2071512209752/
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...2071512209752/
04-10-20, 10:29 AM
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Looks like a widowmaker to me.
04-10-20, 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by cb400bill
Not a Death Fork..
04-10-20, 02:58 PM
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I guess this is a disturbing new trend on Craigslist, and I did flag the ad. But what a cutie!
04-10-20, 04:17 PM
...addicted...
Every so often a bike flipper has to move. This was posted two days ago and this afternoon apparently everything left went to scrap because he's moving tomorrow. Hope someone was on the ball and willing to risk venturing out, because I wasn't about to drop everything to go climb through bike piles.
https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/...105224852.html
https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/...105224852.html
04-10-20, 04:23 PM
The dropped
Originally Posted by rocks in head
Every so often a bike flipper has to move. This was posted two days ago and this afternoon apparently everything left went to scrap because he's moving tomorrow. Hope someone was on the ball and willing to risk venturing out, because I wasn't about to drop everything to go climb through bike piles.
https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/...105224852.html
https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/...105224852.html
