A Fun little surprise
12-03-18, 01:25 PM
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A Fun little surprise
So I recently bought way more bikes than I have space for at an estate sale and am working on selling off most of the collection. The first up was an early 90's Novara Ponderosa in decent shape and mostly original. I posted it and quickly got a response from someone who was willing to make a 1.5 hour drive to pick it up. About an hour later I went out to give it another once over and adjust it to his height before his arrival. I tried to lower the seat but it bottomed out on the braze on, "sweet, I'll keep the long seat post and swap for a shorter one" I thought. So pulled it up about 6" and clang! It stopped a couple inches short of comming free. I twisted it and it sprang back to its forward position. 
I panicked for a second not wanting for this nice guy to make a 3 hour round trip and not be able to test ride the bike, then thought there must be something fastened to the post possibly to keep it from being stolen. The best place to attach a keeper would be to the water bottle bosses so I removed them and...... Any guesses?
I panicked for a second not wanting for this nice guy to make a 3 hour round trip and not be able to test ride the bike, then thought there must be something fastened to the post possibly to keep it from being stolen. The best place to attach a keeper would be to the water bottle bosses so I removed them and...... Any guesses?
12-03-18, 01:36 PM
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So I recently bought way more bikes than I have space for at an estate sale and am working on selling off most of the collection. The first up was an early 90's Novara Ponderosa in decent shape and mostly original. I posted it and quickly got a response from someone who was willing to make a 1.5 hour drive to pick it up. About an hour later I went out to give it another once over and adjust it to his height before his arrival. I tried to lower the seat but it bottomed out on the braze on, "sweet, I'll keep the long seat post and swap for a shorter one" I thought. So pulled it up about 6" and clang! It stopped a couple inches short of comming free. I twisted it and it sprang back to its forward position.
I panicked for a second not wanting for this nice guy to make a 3 hour round trip and not be able to test ride the bike, then thought there must be something fastened to the post possibly to keep it from being stolen. The best place to attach a keeper would be to the water bottle bosses so I removed them and...... Any guesses?
I panicked for a second not wanting for this nice guy to make a 3 hour round trip and not be able to test ride the bike, then thought there must be something fastened to the post possibly to keep it from being stolen. The best place to attach a keeper would be to the water bottle bosses so I removed them and...... Any guesses?
12-03-18, 01:39 PM
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Slot drilled in the post where the WB fastener is located. Wild guess, especially with the length it would need to be to accomplish this.
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12-03-18, 01:58 PM
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A lead weight because someone thought the frame was too light?
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is the seat post & saddle worth more than the bike?
12-03-18, 02:20 PM
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How springy was it?
I'm thinking about an early dropper post.
I have a Novara Hybrid, and it has some very unique features such as custom cable routing to the rear.
I'm thinking about an early dropper post.
I have a Novara Hybrid, and it has some very unique features such as custom cable routing to the rear.
12-03-18, 02:35 PM
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