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Eccentric Old Man
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Bikes: 1986 Trek 520 Cirrus, 1979 Schwinn Traveler III, Trek T100, 1995 Trek 970, Fuji America
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You don't need help. You need storage space.
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Bikes: A green one, "Ragleigh," or something.
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Pretty spiffy, and interesting bar tape too. Any idea what it is?
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● 1971 Grandis SL ● 1972 Lambert Grand Prix frankenbike ● 1972 Raleigh Super Course fixie ● 1973 Nishiki Semi-Pro ● 1979 Motobecane Grand Jubile ●1980 Apollo "Legnano" ● 1984 Peugeot Vagabond ● 1985 Shogun Prairie Breaker ● 1986 Merckx Super Corsa ● 1987 Schwinn Tempo ● 1988 Schwinn Voyageur ● 1989 Bottechia Team ADR replica ● 1990 Cannondale ST600 ● 1993 Technium RT600 ● 1996 Kona Lava Dome ●
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Pretty cool find. Seems like a sturdy trainer set-up. I have a back wheel trainer and don't really like it. That yellow tape is awesome.
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Love that bartape. Easy to clean and usually colourful. I have been working through a few packs of white/blue dot stuff that were still in their original package. Early 90's.
Your bike rocks! Hope you got the front wheel. That old trainer makes an awesome bike stand for wrenching.
Your bike rocks! Hope you got the front wheel. That old trainer makes an awesome bike stand for wrenching.
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picked this up as a new donation at the co-op. it has rust around the cable guides and is filthy. it has a complete set of arabesque 600 components except for the headset and maybe the hubs. the tube badge says miyata champion. i am guessing this is a 912. i will post more later.
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ambulatory senior
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thanks for the offer but i think i will pass. i have a million things to do right now and dont even know why i am buying bikes....
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Probably the same as everyone else around here--you can't help it.
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Great score on the Trek!! That's a real 80's collection of components you've got; Modolo Speedy brakes, bendy plastic Modolo shifters, Ofmega Mistral crank. What are the rest of the components? The saddle looks very familiar, but I can't place it.
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Wow, I didn't realize Trek fitted those components, that was a cool year!
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the miyata made it inside. i swapped the chainrings from 52-42 to 46-38. also its a 6 speed cassette with the screw on little cog. it was originally 13-24 but i have made that 13--15-17-20-24-28 from my collection of ancient junk that no one else wants. i should be able to make it up all the river front hills with that combo and the arabesque 600 drivetrain doesnt seem to mind a bit. i currently have 28's on it and it looks like 32's and fenders would be easily doable. man i am digging this bike!
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Needed a wheelset and crankset for an old lugged Kuwahara I'm building up as a commuter. Goodwill delivered, with this wacky '95 Proflex for $25. Super solid STX/Mavic wheelset and a decent Sugino crankset, and lots of other odds and ends to salvage.
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This '92 Bridgestone XO-3 was posted for free on a neighborhood thing, complete except the mangled front wheel with very low miles (original Ritchey tires!). Even though it's one of the less desirable, 700c tig welded XO's, it still has fairly unique geometry with a much shorter top tube than the competitors. I was originally just going to capitalize on the name and flip it but I've fallen in love. I'm gonna put some mustache bars on it and pretend it's one of the nicer ones.
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"My land sakes Jon!"
For a feller abiding in Carolina Del Norte you certainly seem to have a penchant for cycles hailing from California. This be one well trekked Trek. Birthed in Wiscoterra, thence to California and now to Asheville! Just imagine if she were fitted with a cyclometer what a tale to tell!.
The business card affixed to the right seat stay comes from a shoppe in Fairfax, California which is the lbs for member @obrentharris.
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Not vintage, but I had to laugh. Told my son I picked up a Giant Boulder and he said he thought I had a bad hip...
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Pretty cool, but you need to pump those tires and adjust that chain...
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I just went out to the trash and found this in it:
decent little kid's bike!
decent little kid's bike!
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