Steve Whitlatch 

I rescued this Canondale from the back of a scrapper pickup truck. I was parked for lunch about 4 blocks away from the scrap yard he was headed to. Most of the time the bikes they have are department store mountain bikes but when I looked down I saw "Cannondale". I was lucky he had the red light. I honked for him to pull over and asked how much for the bike. He asked more than the scrap value but it was well worth it to me I think. I assumed the wheels where 700c but I was wrong. The tiny bike has 650 x 23 tires. Its missing the seat post, pedals, chain and rear derailleur. I have a spare 105 in my parts bin and I should be able to come up with a seat and post pretty easy. Wheels spin smooth, no hops but need to be trued a bit. I hope the grip shifters work. She is a 1993 R700 TT Tri bike, very small. I could not let her get melted. Should be a fun bike to fix up.

https://www.vintagecannondale.com/year/1993/1993.pdf

Bikedued

I definitely would have asked. Though, the SA around here (at least in the city) are high even on Wal Mart bikes which seems like the only thing they get now. I saw a Lemond there once 4-5 years ago and it was not even a high end one, for $650. It was the last decent thing they've had that I have seen. Nice vintage bikes never make it to the sales floor anymore. They go out the back door with the employees, to go on CL and ebay for personal financial gain. At least that's my guess.,,,,BD

Ebay has all but ruined the chance of finding nice bikes cheap. Everyone thinks even bike boom ten speeds are worth a mint.

cog_nate 

Picked up a taco'd Sirrus for $20. I'm pretty sure it's a 1991. Got a good RX-100 group on it, good stem that I'll probably strip the paint off, Tange-Seiki headset and very nice Sakae Custom bars (and headphones!). The seatpost is already mounted on the new project bike.

anixi

^It's darn shame that Cirrus frame was totaled.

sloar 

Picked this Elgin up at a rummage sale today. They wanted more money for a Schwinn Le Tour.

higgins617

My first real vintage pick-up yesterday thanks to this thread, very new to both the vintage and road sides of the cycling community but I'm really excited to learn more. From what I got with the serial number (E2K9A03) I think it is a 1978 Trek TX500. It seems to be built with a pretty straighforward but decent(as far as I know) Japanese build. 022 Frame tubing, Suntour power shifters, Vx-GT rear derailleur, Seven front, Super Maxy cranks, Shimano 500 brakes with Zeus levers, Zeus front derailleur cable guide, Road Vx hubs and pedals(MKS).


I know next to nothing about what I picked up and all my searching really didn't yield too much. Anybody have any opinions? I feel for the 20 dollar price it is hard to go wrong.

Chris W.

Well done Sir!!! That could be a very nice bike! This site may help you out:
Vintage Trek - Other Vintage Lightweight Bicycle Resources, bike

Cheers,
Chris

Sixty Fiver

Nice find... do check those GS dropouts as I have found them to be failure prone where they meet the chain and seat stays and suspect there were some casting issues or that they were too light for their intended purpose.

I have replaced a lot of them in my time and they were fitted to quite a few different models... Trek, Miyata, and Kuwahara all used them and they seem to suffer most under loaded bicycles.

higgins617

Thanks guys! I'll start doing some more homework, nice to know I made a decent pick up. The frame seems to be in very good shape, other than the usual paint chips and a little surface rusting. I'm looking forward to cleaning it up and letting the metallic paint shine.

mapleleafs-13 

very nice save, it's crazy that someone would throw something like that out.

Shp4man

Pre-war, I think. Looks pretty sound, too. Nice find!

enjoybikes

Replaced consumables and swapped bars. Fun ride.

curbtender

New fishing bike, MB-3 garage sale catch...

wrk101

Picked up this Alan last night. Mostly Campy C Record, except derailleur and crankset. Too good to pass up. Why it lasted over a day on C/L is beyond me.

SJX426 

@wrk101 - Nice find! looks like 60 or 61 cm.

MiloFrance

Picked up at the community tip in Bristol. Should never have sold it.

Mgz88

Hi everybody!

I had picked up this bike today, could you help me with identification?
It seems like it's a late 80's high-end German bike. It has aluminium wheels (Weinmann), cranks (Shimano Silstar) and sprockets, a 6x2 speed Sachs-Huret Commander shifter (6 speed) with Sachs HT internal shifter (2 speed). Drum brakes, a handlebar with a globe and a bike racer in it, size 630 Continental tires, a huge front light with "Halogen" written on it and it has a 7 character S/N under the saddle.

JamesRL

Hard to tell from one picture, but what makes you think its German. As to high end, the parts don't indicate that.

The drum brakes are highly unusual. The levers look low end.

The front light is probably added later.

Silstar is SR, not Shimano.

wrk101

+10 The "german" bike is not high end. Silstar, stem shifters, steel seat post, etc., indicate towards the low end.

sevenmag

My helper at work who does some odd jobs on the side got some work from a realtor patching up and cleaning out a rental property. He told there was a a bike in the shed and asked me if I'd like him to bring it in to work. He only knew it was a Raleigh. This is what he showed up with. I'm going to keep it and use it for fun rides and such. I'd like to know about when it was made.

Bikedued

I would LOVE that drum brake wheelset. Very cool.,,,,BD

Bikedued

Whoa, that is nice. I guess the two headbadges on the head tube and seat tube was an English thing? My Geoffrey Butler has the same exact thing. Almost the same color too, and same lugs but in chrome.,,,,BD

Trying to figure out who'd be dumb enough to throw that out. Some people have no snap whatsoever.

My catch from late last Summer, and pretty much my best catch ever(unless you count the chrome P15 that was too small).

Bikedued

A rough guess of 83-85 from me anyway. I kind of lose touch on Raleigh paint scheme's after 80-81.,,,,BD

Bikedued

Pre which war, hahaha. That thing is ancient! Stellar find! It belongs in a museum!,,,,BD

Murray Missile 

1984 Schwinn Tempo frameset off eBay. Has some scrapes but no dents or rust, paint is shiny and the headset and bottom bracket are in great shape. Have gently used mid-90's RSX triple crankset, front & rear derailleurs, 3 X 7 brifters and caliper brakes to go on it. It's getting cleaned and put together with all it's "patina" intact, just need a decent set of 27 inch wheels & tires, stem, bars, seatpost and saddle.