Listed on OU for $5, I countered with $20...
05-11-21, 11:46 AM
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Listed on OU for $5, I countered with $20...
Seller was cleaning out a rental property and thought it was a schwinn. Judging by the handlebar stamping, we're looking at a Juenet.
Listing photo. I saw one thing jump out at me
Sunlight was making the saddle bashful
older Simplex quick releases
Looks to be original paint. Sure looks French
Nice seatstay treatment
Bars stamped Juenet.
Mmmm, the money shot. Ideal Rebour saddle with clamp adjuster.
Listing photo. I saw one thing jump out at me
Sunlight was making the saddle bashful
older Simplex quick releases
Looks to be original paint. Sure looks French
Nice seatstay treatment
Bars stamped Juenet.
Mmmm, the money shot. Ideal Rebour saddle with clamp adjuster.
05-11-21, 11:49 AM
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Yeah, well worth $20+.
OU? Unfamiliar with that TLA.
OU? Unfamiliar with that TLA.
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Yeah it's french and easily worth $5 even if you overpaid by $15.
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You did a good thing. Now the bike will appreciate that you thought enough of it to give the seller more than they were asking for. You will be rewarded.
Nice find. Post pictures as it gets it's restoration/retromod.
I don't know what an OU is or a TLA.
Edit: Oh, Three Letter Acronym...........Two Letter Acronym?
Nice find. Post pictures as it gets it's restoration/retromod.
I don't know what an OU is or a TLA.
Edit: Oh, Three Letter Acronym...........Two Letter Acronym?
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OU is probably OfferUp, a competitor to CL and Facebuck Marketplace.
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05-11-21, 02:14 PM
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If the Idéale 90 is not hard as rock, you did really well. The Jeunet is not one of their Reynolds 531 models, bars look like chromed steel; but hey, are those aluminum rims? And it probably has Mafac Racers, right?
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Looks like steel rims, with the textured brake surfaces
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Phillips-head seat post bolt is something I have never seen before. Common on this brand?
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Yup, the clamp adjuster is worth the cost.
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Listed on OU for $5, I countered with $20...
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Congratulations! Great find and darn near for free.
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Not to be confused with U of O, which is much closer to the OP.
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Did the seller try to talk you down to $15?
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The headset seems to be missing a piece to connected with the serrated plate.
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I think most of my shirts have some sort of cat claw pull in the threads... from just deciding to climb over me, or just hanging out on me and deciding not to be there in a great big hurry.
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05-12-21, 03:23 PM
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Feeble attempt to stay on-topic: I noticed the missing spacer with the upper set of teeth too, typically installed beneath a Mafac brake hanger, which OP's find also does not have -- that looks more like the Raleigh item; not as minimal. I don't think that's a Stronglight headset, though. My guess: a budget copy. If it's Stronglight, it ought to say so somewhere.
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Here’s hoping the seat post isn’t “fused” to the seat tube! Steel on steel should be easier to release than a bimetallic fusion 
. Might have been better to offer $10 rather than 4 times the asking price 
. Just sayin’.
. Might have been better to offer $10 rather than 4 times the asking price . Just sayin’.
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Originally Posted by sovenda
bimetallic fusion...
sorry/not sorry?
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Hmm. Most of ours are from "being evicted from shoulder and not being ready to leave". Or from escalating "bopping" to get petted to "snagging, claws-deployed".
Feeble attempt to stay on-topic: I noticed the missing spacer with the upper set of teeth too, typically installed beneath a Mafac brake hanger, which OP's find also does not have -- that looks more like the Raleigh item; not as minimal. I don't think that's a Stronglight headset, though. My guess: a budget copy. If it's Stronglight, it ought to say so somewhere.
Feeble attempt to stay on-topic: I noticed the missing spacer with the upper set of teeth too, typically installed beneath a Mafac brake hanger, which OP's find also does not have -- that looks more like the Raleigh item; not as minimal. I don't think that's a Stronglight headset, though. My guess: a budget copy. If it's Stronglight, it ought to say so somewhere.
hard to tell from the photo and my computer, but it looks as though the serrated washer might be above his hanger and flipped upside down
