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10-20-11, 08:51 PM
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10-20-11, 08:57 PM
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10-20-11, 10:46 PM
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A pair of Dunelts. Manufactured in 1963, according to the date codes on the AWs.
Did I overpay for what aren't especially high-end or special bikes? Perhaps.
Am I a sucker for old things that come in sets? You betcha.
Is the condition kind of amazing for a pair of nearly 50 year old bikes? Indeed.
Aside from the tires, grips, and rear brake cable on the red one, three of the four tubes, and a few various bolts, they appear to be all original. Yes, including the tires and the front tube (!) on the black one, the rest of the cables and housings, and the chains. Blink.
I've dug into the red one, and despite the ancient grease having turned to glue, the stem and the seatpost came right out. These things have lived a charmed life, for sure.
Neat.
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10-20-11, 10:50 PM
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xdude - Nice catches there... the red Dunelt is a great looking bike.
10-20-11, 11:16 PM
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Thanks. It's a neat color that doesn't quite come across in pictures. A deep, metallic red, with a hint of orange/brown. I may try to wax them both up before they move on to their giftees. Should look great. (Thankfully, they're ten to fifteen centimeters too small for me, so I won't be tempted to keep them. 
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It's too bad that any extant padding in the Wright saddles has long since degraded to the point where you're sitting on a sprung piece of vinyl-covered steel, because they sure look good.
The grip shifter on the black one is interesting. Never seen one of 'em before.
)It's too bad that any extant padding in the Wright saddles has long since degraded to the point where you're sitting on a sprung piece of vinyl-covered steel, because they sure look good.
The grip shifter on the black one is interesting. Never seen one of 'em before.
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10-20-11, 11:26 PM
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Grip shifters on SA hubs are rarer than triggers... they did not function as reliably and for every SA grip shift I have seen I have seen hundreds of trigger equipped bikes.
They were not offered for that long and have only seen them on 60's bikes which have included quite a few SA equipped CCM's.
They were not offered for that long and have only seen them on 60's bikes which have included quite a few SA equipped CCM's.
10-20-11, 11:45 PM
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It works pretty smoothly, but I'm planning to remove it anyway and replace it with a period-correct trigger, just to make the two bikes match even closer. 
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10-21-11, 11:13 AM
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It's been a while since I've posted...so "HI!"
Last night he hubby brought home 4 bikes for me to work on......all from local thrift stores.
I think he did pretty well for one days haul....
1987 schwinn Traveler Paid 24.99
Nishiki Backroads paid 19.99
Univega Nuovotech 450 paid $12, This bike is my size so I'm fixing it up for myself
and a Raleigh Rampar R1 that I don't have a picture of yet.
Last night he hubby brought home 4 bikes for me to work on......all from local thrift stores.
I think he did pretty well for one days haul....
1987 schwinn Traveler Paid 24.99
Nishiki Backroads paid 19.99
Univega Nuovotech 450 paid $12, This bike is my size so I'm fixing it up for myself
and a Raleigh Rampar R1 that I don't have a picture of yet.
10-21-11, 11:26 AM
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Here are a few more thrift store finds we've gotten in the last few weeks...
Schwinn Mesa Runner $10.....I LOVE these old mountain bikes!
Panasonic Sport LX 14.99
Schwinn Mesa Runner $10.....I LOVE these old mountain bikes!
Panasonic Sport LX 14.99
10-21-11, 12:20 PM
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I need to go to Neeebraska... nice catches !
10-21-11, 12:40 PM
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Wow VintageBikeGirl!! They are all in mint condition. At those prices, our offerings look like they went under the wheels of a garbage truck.
I also need to move to Nebraska.
I also need to move to Nebraska.
10-21-11, 01:17 PM
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Thanks! They really are in great shape, all I've done to them so far is filled the tires and wiped them down with a baby wipe and some bike polish.
It really shocks me that we DO find such great stuff at the thrift stores. We don't live in a huge city, but it's big enough and very bike friendly with a great spring/summer bike market on CL. I think our city is just full of bike snobs that don't bother to look at the thrift stores and garage sales before they head to the Trek store for a brand new overpriced shiny new bike. It doesn't hurt that it's nearing winter and the bike market has nearly died, so nobody is really looking anymore.
It really shocks me that we DO find such great stuff at the thrift stores. We don't live in a huge city, but it's big enough and very bike friendly with a great spring/summer bike market on CL. I think our city is just full of bike snobs that don't bother to look at the thrift stores and garage sales before they head to the Trek store for a brand new overpriced shiny new bike. It doesn't hurt that it's nearing winter and the bike market has nearly died, so nobody is really looking anymore.
10-21-11, 01:44 PM
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10-21-11, 11:30 PM
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10-22-11, 08:17 AM
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10-22-11, 10:06 AM
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Not quite vintage but I think rigid Mtb's from the nineties are the best allround bikes you can buy for very little money. Passed by a fleamarket on my way home from a very dirty Mtb-ride and managed to ride two bikes home. Paid 35 $ for a 93 Trek 7000 in good condition.
10-22-11, 10:59 AM
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Not vintage but definitely my catch of the day.......2004 Giant OCR3.........$50
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10-22-11, 03:45 PM
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10-22-11, 03:50 PM
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Did you have the guy in a headlock when you were negotiating?
"How about $50?"
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10-22-11, 07:33 PM
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10-24-11, 12:22 PM
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This contraption (Raleigh Technium Scott Tinley) seems to have jumped into my car yesterday. Can anyone ID the hubs? They look a little like Hi-e, but no markings.
10-24-11, 12:43 PM
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What year is your bike? I think whoever owned your bike before replaced the wheels set with what you have, probably swapped off another bike. The Hi-E products started the early 70's and went until about the late 90's. Some of the high end hubs out today copied his hub designs!
10-24-11, 12:54 PM
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That is the name of the hubs! Hi-E Engineering brand custom engineered hubs by a guy name Harlan Meyers a brilliant (aerospace) engineer, making those hubs very rare because he only made a few. Are the rims Hi-E too? If so you may also have Hi-E nipples and Hi-E stainless skewers. He's still alive last I heard in his 70's, but he no longer makes the Hi-E line of stuff any more. He also made bicycle frames, pedals etc again extremely rare but very well made.
What year is your bike? I think whoever owned your bike before replaced the wheels set with what you have, probably swapped off another bike. The Hi-E products started the early 70's and went until about the late 90's. Some of the high end hubs out today copied his hub designs!
What year is your bike? I think whoever owned your bike before replaced the wheels set with what you have, probably swapped off another bike. The Hi-E products started the early 70's and went until about the late 90's. Some of the high end hubs out today copied his hub designs!
The PO did tell me that he replaced the original wheels and these cost him $400. The rims are Matrix.
According to T-Mar's post on this thread, the bike appears to be a 1987.