Seattle Old Bike Swap
03-07-12, 11:50 AM
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Puyallup, WA
Posts: 443
Bikes: Tommasini Super Prestige, Kamra Triathlee, Nishiki Tri-A equipe', Sakai 2000
Mentioned: 2 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 3 Times
in
3 Posts
Seattle Old Bike Swap
03-07-12, 08:59 PM
#2
Banned.
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: PAZ
Posts: 12,294
Mentioned: 255 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2588 Post(s)
Liked 4,826 Times
in
1,709 Posts
Yeah - I'm in for this one, too 
Last year there was a decent smattering of C&V road stuff amidst the majority of the fat-tire/working bike stuff. Good location, too.
BTW, anyone heading to Seattle this weekend for the Expo? Bob Freeman will be putting on yet another Vintage Bike Show with the emphasis this year on "Keepers of the Flame". Should be fun
DD
Last year there was a decent smattering of C&V road stuff amidst the majority of the fat-tire/working bike stuff. Good location, too.
BTW, anyone heading to Seattle this weekend for the Expo? Bob Freeman will be putting on yet another Vintage Bike Show with the emphasis this year on "Keepers of the Flame". Should be fun
DD
03-07-12, 09:44 PM
#3
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: North Bend, Washington State
Posts: 2,942
Bikes: 1937 Hobbs; 1977 Bruce Gordon; 1987 Bill Holland; 1988 Schwinn Paramount (Fixed gear); 1999 Fat City Yo Eddy (MTB); 2018 Woodrup (Touring) 2016 Ritchey breakaway
Mentioned: 291 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 554 Post(s)
Liked 3,794 Times
in
668 Posts
03-07-12, 09:58 PM
#4
Banned.
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: PAZ
Posts: 12,294
Mentioned: 255 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2588 Post(s)
Liked 4,826 Times
in
1,709 Posts
^ Good deal - I've been wanting to steal - I mean see - that beauty
DD
DD
03-07-12, 10:05 PM
#5
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Marysville, WA (north of Seattle.)
Posts: 363
Bikes: 54 R.O. Harrison, 56 W. F. Holdsworth, 59 Sauvage-Lejuene campeur,63 Jack Taylor Tourist,74 & 78 Davidson, 80 Colnago Super, 82 Merckx Professional, 92 Rain City Steelhead, 08 Rivendell AHH, 2011 Rivendell Custom, 2014 Woodrup/Sayles custom 650b
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 6 Times
in
5 Posts
I'll be at the Expo, and I think I'll make the Old Bike Swap too.
DD - I think the feature of the Classic Show this year at the Expo is "fancy lugs." KOF is a new category. The fancy lug theme coincides with special guest Kevin Sayles of Woodrup Cycles - who really knows how to build with fancy lugs. You can see some of his amazing work on Flickr.
DD - I think the feature of the Classic Show this year at the Expo is "fancy lugs." KOF is a new category. The fancy lug theme coincides with special guest Kevin Sayles of Woodrup Cycles - who really knows how to build with fancy lugs. You can see some of his amazing work on Flickr.
Last edited by Alex Moll; 03-07-12 at 10:08 PM.
03-07-12, 10:10 PM
#6
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Marysville, WA (north of Seattle.)
Posts: 363
Bikes: 54 R.O. Harrison, 56 W. F. Holdsworth, 59 Sauvage-Lejuene campeur,63 Jack Taylor Tourist,74 & 78 Davidson, 80 Colnago Super, 82 Merckx Professional, 92 Rain City Steelhead, 08 Rivendell AHH, 2011 Rivendell Custom, 2014 Woodrup/Sayles custom 650b
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 6 Times
in
5 Posts
P.S. There's an event this Friday from 5-7pm @ Elliott Bay Bicycles. The author of the new 7-Eleven book will be there to talk about and sign the book. Free wine and cheese, too! (I'll be there.)
03-07-12, 11:47 PM
#7
Banned.
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: PAZ
Posts: 12,294
Mentioned: 255 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2588 Post(s)
Liked 4,826 Times
in
1,709 Posts
^ I reviewed Bob's email and you are correct: theme is fancy lugs, new category is KOF. I'll be bringing my "new" Davidson, Sparrow and '74 Super. Yup - all three orange bikes
If I get out off the rock early enough on Frideay I may be able to get to EBB before the festivities end at 1900. Fingers crossed...
DD
If I get out off the rock early enough on Frideay I may be able to get to EBB before the festivities end at 1900. Fingers crossed...
DD
03-08-12, 01:37 AM
#8
Human-Powered
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: PNW - Skagit Valley
Posts: 162
Bikes: 1970 Schwinn Suburban, 1973 Raleigh Sports, 1978 De Rosa
Mentioned: 2 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 13 Post(s)
Liked 132 Times
in
36 Posts
Thanks for posting this information! We've only been up here a year, and these look like fun events. Probably make the Swap Meet - the price is right for us..
03-24-12, 12:23 PM
#9
Banned.
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: PAZ
Posts: 12,294
Mentioned: 255 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2588 Post(s)
Liked 4,826 Times
in
1,709 Posts
Okay, looks like right now the following BF members will try to link up for lunch after the swap:
DD
Andycapp
kc0yef
Anybody else interested? Alex Moll is getting over a cold, so he may or may not make it. Andy may be dragging kpug505 along with, too.
Northbend? Puget pounder? Bueller...Bueller...Bueller.....?
DD
DD
Andycapp
kc0yef
Anybody else interested? Alex Moll is getting over a cold, so he may or may not make it. Andy may be dragging kpug505 along with, too.
Northbend? Puget pounder? Bueller...Bueller...Bueller.....?
DD
03-25-12, 05:50 AM
#10
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: North Bend, Washington State
Posts: 2,942
Bikes: 1937 Hobbs; 1977 Bruce Gordon; 1987 Bill Holland; 1988 Schwinn Paramount (Fixed gear); 1999 Fat City Yo Eddy (MTB); 2018 Woodrup (Touring) 2016 Ritchey breakaway
Mentioned: 291 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 554 Post(s)
Liked 3,794 Times
in
668 Posts
Already have other plans today.
03-25-12, 01:50 PM
#12
Full Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Malden, MA.
Posts: 403
Bikes: 2009 Masi, 2014 Specialized Crossroads 1975 Schwinn Unicycle
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 12 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 2 Times
in
2 Posts
Nice. Here in New England it seems we pay top price for everthing, whatever the hobby.Chris
03-25-12, 07:14 PM
#13
Banned.
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: PAZ
Posts: 12,294
Mentioned: 255 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2588 Post(s)
Liked 4,826 Times
in
1,709 Posts
Myself, Andycapp and Alex Moll met up around 10am and looked around - I made two circuits in total. Vendors were down to about half of what was there last year - and in years past, for that matter. Weather was superb, so I'm not quite sure what happened.
However, there was some great rare eye candy in the way of older Penny Farthing-type bikes, balloon-tire bikes (quite a few aluminum King City types) and even a 5-piece section of rat-rod bikes.
A couple vendors kept the vintage lightweight theme alive - I spent another $150 to snag a pair of NOS, in the box TA pista pedals (at the Seattle swap a month ago I spent that same exact amount on a Campy Super Record pista pedal pair - weird...). Also snagged a pair of two-bolt cleats for my newest pair of shoes, a couple books for a buck each and one roll of the dice: a hollow titanium BB axle of unknown manufacturer. I'm going to pop on a set of Campyy bearings/cups and see if it'll be compatible. If not, it's a nice $10 paperweight.
Afterward we drove just down the road to McFinsters for lunch and a BS session for another hour. Andy's got some interesting ideas and projects in the pipeline; I'm not going to ruin the surprise, but he's nothing if not ambitious!
Some pics of my swag and some interesting sights at the swap follow.
Rat Rods/Tall Bikes:
Fuji with full Dura-Ace:
Fuji fork crown - understated elegance:
Doesn't this look complicated?
Aluminum balloon-tire:
Custom streamliner:
Streamliner detail:
Swag:
TA pedals:
A fun time - now we just have to get all of the Pacific Northwest BFers together in a few weeks for a spring ride
DD
However, there was some great rare eye candy in the way of older Penny Farthing-type bikes, balloon-tire bikes (quite a few aluminum King City types) and even a 5-piece section of rat-rod bikes.
A couple vendors kept the vintage lightweight theme alive - I spent another $150 to snag a pair of NOS, in the box TA pista pedals (at the Seattle swap a month ago I spent that same exact amount on a Campy Super Record pista pedal pair - weird...). Also snagged a pair of two-bolt cleats for my newest pair of shoes, a couple books for a buck each and one roll of the dice: a hollow titanium BB axle of unknown manufacturer. I'm going to pop on a set of Campyy bearings/cups and see if it'll be compatible. If not, it's a nice $10 paperweight.
Afterward we drove just down the road to McFinsters for lunch and a BS session for another hour. Andy's got some interesting ideas and projects in the pipeline; I'm not going to ruin the surprise, but he's nothing if not ambitious!
Some pics of my swag and some interesting sights at the swap follow.
Rat Rods/Tall Bikes:
Fuji with full Dura-Ace:
Fuji fork crown - understated elegance:
Doesn't this look complicated?
Aluminum balloon-tire:
Custom streamliner:
Streamliner detail:
Swag:
TA pedals:
A fun time - now we just have to get all of the Pacific Northwest BFers together in a few weeks for a spring ride
DD
Last edited by Drillium Dude; 03-25-12 at 08:13 PM.
03-25-12, 07:58 PM
#14
Banned.
Join Date: May 2011
Location: on the beach
Posts: 4,816
Bikes: '73 falcon sr, '76 grand record, '84 davidson
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 59 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 22 Times
in
17 Posts
nice pics. congrats on your finds. i have to admit i am glad to hear i didn't miss out on like-new brooks saddles for $10 each or some similar insane giveaway that i might hear after one of these events.
we finally had a beautiful weekend... yep, it's time for a spring ride...
we finally had a beautiful weekend... yep, it's time for a spring ride...
