cudak888 

I bought a Spidel group and regretted it (it looked nice, but just about everything was thrashed in one way or another).



I fixed a cream 1970 Twenty (the ONLY year I seem to run into) for a friend - this one carried a Hans Ohrt sticker. More @ https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...gh-twenty.html



I acquired my first Raleigh Professional, a 1978 Mk.V. I still have it, though it's built slightly differently.



I found some NOS OMAS weight weenie parts at the LBS. I wound up flipping them to support some other projects, as I knew nothing good could come out of the combination of these lightweight parts and my fat ass.



2011 was also the era when nobody knew jack squat about how many Benotto 5000s existed thanks to a few smartalecs spreading a rumor that their production run was limited to 10 bikes (it wasn't) - which meant any sighting of one usually involved at least one shyster looking to retire on it.

Case in point, someone meeting this description came by one time with his Benotto 5000. This person honestly believed they could get five figures for this thing. I believe I entertained the individual's presence only so I could get a half-decent picture of a 5000 for the forum. Feel free to read the BS in this thread: https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...picture-2.html



I confused a CLB Racer for a Mafac Racer (https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...-expected.html)



I made what had to be the most obvious Grant Peterson troll thread ever: https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...-peterson.html

I found some Zeus bits:



I bought a 1972 Raleigh LTD-3 to flip because I knew I'd enjoy polishing it: https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...acle-post.html



I found a weird lugged BCA mixte frame made for 26" wheels. Also a flip, but it gave me a chance to build a mixte for the apocalypse: https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...mixte-mtb.html



-Kurt