A few bikes that I have sold or am selling over the past few months...

Click to be taken to photo sets, some are still for sale. I thought that they look pretty nice:

For Sale $45 OBO


For Sale $165 OBO


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For Sale $275


More to come, I have to clean out the garage...

1984 Trek 500 Ratrod

Well I finished the Trek 500 I have been working on and thought I would share some pictures. It took some cleaning, greasing, and repairing and the bike is as much done as I am going to make it. Maybe if I get time I will start taking off the reflective tape on the rims, or maybe not. I literally took all parts off, greased all bearings, removed all rust that I could, replaced the worn out parts, and put on new tires, tubes, brake pads, cables, housing, cork grip, and new to the bike chain and seat.

The ride is every bit what lugged steel should feel like, just real nice, long ride comfortable. Kind of cool ratrod, cafe racer styling. Frame has been serial confirmed to being built in May 1984 and built with Reynolds 501 tubing. Just a thicker version of Reynolds 531. Take a look at the pictures and feel free to get in touch with any questions. Bike will be up for sale in March and frame is a size 22" (57cm).

New Year, New Ideas...Shop Update

So resolutions are abound this time of year and my biggest is that pending any real job offers, I am going to open a bike store in Mission. It is going to be a lot of work and truly the patronage from the public last year has convinced me to move ahead. I don't know where the shop will be located yet, but I am calling around to various open store spots for possible rental space.

That being said my hand has healed as well as it probably will, and I can go back to doing repairs. I have an old Schwinn in my garage for repairs, but do not know where I am going to find all the parts to make it work again. Other than that I have time to repair bikes again, but my garage and therefore my shop is ice cold so I can't promise anything with any speed. I have been over coming this with a little propane heater but a pair of Coleman canisters only last a day so I can go through a lot. So if there is any work anyone needs I am going to charge an extra $6 to pay for the canisters for the day. I hope that isn't an issue.

In preparation of the store, I have been purchasing and thoroughly overhauling bikes to resale in the store. This will hopefully help me afford my first few months rent until I can convince a bicycle company to allow me to be a retailer. I have five bikes right now, and would like to get closer to the 20 bike range but we will see. I thought as a teaser I would let you know what I have found, these will not be available until the store opens so be advised. Remember that all these bikes have been completely overhauled including repacking bearings, drivetrain tuning, brake repair, and truing wheels. (Pictures to come)

2001 Jamis Aurora touring bike in nearly new condition. Absolutely ready perfect shape for your first tour. The color is kind of a purplish-blue. Only change to it was a Terry brand anatomic seat, everything else is stock. Highlights include 36 spoke Ritchey Wheels (Hub and Rims, offset rear rim), SLR Brifters, cantilever brakes, and Reynolds 520 frame and fork. Stout and ready for the long road including all the little touring and fender mount eyelets needed. Size is a 53cm.

1997 Specialized Rockhopper cromoly steel mountain bike in nearly new condition. This bike come in a Ferarri Red color and is ready for offroading, rail-trailing, campus life, or as a commuter conversion. One of the last high end steel frames that Specialized made, included Ritchey dropouts, fender and touring tabs, and modern threadless headset. Highlights other than the frame include gripshift, Shimano/Ritchey wheels, super knobby Specialized Team Tires, Specialized Strongarm Crank (made by Sugino), and V-brakes. Just a great bike, size is 17in.

Late 80's / Early 90's Schwinn World Sport ladies (or low slung top tube) road bike in nearly new condition. Would be an excellent commuter or campus bike. Beautiful deep blue, lugged, 4130 steel frame. Highlights include new tires, Shimano SIS 14spd drivetrain with stem shifters, ergonomic bend handlebars, and quick release wheels. I haven't measured the frame size but it is small, meant for someone less the 5' 8" to ride.

1984 Vintage Trek 500 Road Bike that is currently being restored. I am in the middle of rebuilding this bike now and it is going to turn out great. It will be like owning a Rivendell Roadie or Bridgestone road bike, except this model was made in the USA in Waterloo, Wisconsin. Frame is in good shape, but definitely shows some surface rust in spots from its age, metallic silver paint job. Made of Reynolds 501 steel on a classic lugged frame. The Mallaird hub bearings / race and headset bearings / cups are in excellent shape and have been repacked with Paul's Waterproof Grease for long life. Rear hub is the infamous Heliomatic hub. Most of the bike will remain stock with exception of a new seat, tires, tubes, cables, housing, and maybe a chain. Just a really cool old Trek that upon finish of the restoration, I am going to send pictures to Vintage-Trek.com for permanent record. Size is a 22.5in (or 57cm). Click the first link for the original Trek catalog details.

Early to mid 80's Schwinn World Traveler ladies road bike that is up next for restoration. Grey in color from the Panasonic made frame Schwinn era. Frame is lugged 4130 steel. Everything is in good shape just needs a good cleaning. Bike would be at home as a commuter or campus bike. Size will be 19in (or 48cm).

For Sale: Mimi aka 18” Trek 930 Mountain Bike - $225 obo

(Click for higher resolution pictures)

For sale: 18” Trek 930 Mountain Bike nicknamed Mimi due to its resemblance of the Drew Carey show character (tough, multi-colored, can handle any of your abuse). It would be perfect for offroad, commuting, college, or even 26” touring. This “Made in the USA” frame was from I believe 1993 which was last year Trek made lugged steel frames. Consequently, the frame is made of oversized True Temper Double Butted Cro-moly Steel Tubes, kind of an odd but super stout setup. Cro-moly steel GT Fork was recently put on and is in like new shape. The frame has normal signs of abuse (ie scratches) and is begging to be repainted.

Part specs are below, but I wanted to point out that most parts are in new or nearly new condition. Lots of NOS Bike (or Rivendell) preferred parts as well such as NOS Shimano Deore DX Rear Derailleur, Shimano Deore Thumbshifters, Brake Levers, and Rear Cantilever Brakes. Also, the tires are mismatched, but they are made for smooth usage on roads yet are knobby enough to use off road. Perfect for campus life.

If you are interested email me or call and leave a message at [9ine 1 3hree]- 9ine 0 4our -3hree 1 5ive 0 between 8am – 8pm. Lastly, the bike has had a complete tune up including wheels trued and bearings greased. Thanks for looking.

Bike Spec's:

• Frame / Fork: Trek 930 18” frame with oversized True Temper Double Butted Cro-moly Steel Tubing / 1 1/8” Threadless Cro-moly Steel GT Fork
• Headset / Stem / Handlebars: Tioga Alchemy 1 1/8” Threadlesss / Ritchey Logic Stem / Generic Aluminum Flat bar, wrapped Onza Bar-ends
• Brake Levers / Calipers: Shimano Deore Levers / Shimano STX Fr and Shimano Deore Rear Cantilever Brakes
• Shifters / Fr. Derailleur / Rr. Derailleur: Shimano Deore Thumbshifters / Shimano Altus A10 Fr. / Shimano Deore DX Rr.
• Crank / Freehub / Chain: New Sugino Impel Crank / Generic Shimano 7spd 12-28 Cassette / New Chain
• Fr. Wheel / Rr. Wheel: Shimano Exage 32h Hub, Trek SingleTrack Rim, Specialized CrossRoads II (26” x 1.95”) Tire / Shimano Acera-X 36h Hub, DT Spokes, 36h Specialized X26 (1.5” wide) Rim, Generic Kenda (26” x 1.95”) Tire < --- rear wheel is super stout.
• Saddle / Seatpost / Pedals: Phat Specialized Saddle / Trek alloy Post / Trek Pedals
• Also Included: Water Bottle Holders

55cm Bianchi Volpe Lugged Touring Frame - $100

Clearing out all of the unneeded bikes and parts out of my collection and this was a touring frame that I was going to have sandblasted and repainted so that I could make a nice touring / cyclocross bike setup. The frame is from the mid 80's and was made in Japan. The frame material is Bianchi Superset Double-Butted Tange Cro-Moly tubing and is lugged for a super stout frame. The fork is also Tange Cro-Moly tubing. I know that the frame is a 55cm size (C to C, seat tube and 55cm top tube).

All of those cool touring rack eyelets are there including those bolt holes halfway up the fork, and eyelets for fenders as well. The frame has cantilever posts for brakes and can be retro-fitted for v-brakes. I have disassembled and regreased the stem and headset and also pulled every bolt off greased the threads and screwed everything back together. The seatpost comes off as well. Make no mistake, this frame has a lot of surface rust and will need to be sandblasted and repainted, it is a true project bike. I also attempted to get the crankset off (which I do think is possible) and marred up one of the crank bolt covers, so rather than mark everything up I just left the SR Sakae Crank on the bike. So what is included is the frame, fork, headset, stem, seatpost, saddle, crank, bottom bracket, and front derailleur.

This could be a great frame for a SS conversion due to the old style adjustable dropouts or could easily be remade for a cyclocross bike. If this doesn't sell in the next two weeks, I am going to go ahead and get the frame powder coated and repost, but it will be more than double the current price.

Bike For Sale: Raleigh SP1000 56cm Titanium Frame - $450

Truly a rare bicycle with a lot of cooler goodies on it. It is an old team frame that came from the very last couple of years of the Raleigh Technium time in the early 90's (I think around 1993). I have ridden it only around 500 miles due to never getting comfortable on the bike. Near as I can tell the front triangle is bonded Reynolds 753 Titanium (also rare) while the rear is some sort of lightweight cro-moly steel (probably Reynolds 531). Try searching for it on the internet, it's like the unicorn of bicycles. You'll find the part spec's below, but I just wanted to include that this bike has a bunch of cool Rivendell - type parts like the old Avocet road pedals, Suntour adjustable downtube cable stops, Mavic Open 4 CD Rims laced to Shimano 105/Dura-Ace hubs, Shimano Bar-con Shifters among others. Frame paint is a very cool metalic blue-purple ever changing color thing.

Also, I am including the photographed Zefal x4 frame pump, an aluminum water bottle cage, and a spare set of Shimano 7sp downtube shifters. Would be a great bike to convert to a fixie or single speed because of the old adjustable rear wheel mounts and the rear hub using freehubs instead of cassette's. Lastly, the bike has had a complete tune up including wheels trued and bearings greased. Would consider a trade for a 53cm to 54cm Surly Crosscheck, Specialized Tri-Cross, or similarly spec'd and sized touring bike. Thanks for looking.

Extra pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/30696350@N06/sets/72157618870684376/

Bike Spec's:

• Frame/Fork: Raleigh Titanium SP1000 55.5cm frame with Reynolds 753 Titanium tubing / 1” threaded Reynolds 531 Fork
  
• Headset/Stem/Handlebars: Tange 1” Threaded / SR Custom Quill 90mm Reach / Modolo Speedy Anatomic Bars 40cm wide, new black cork tape
  
• Brake Levers / Calipers: Shimano RSX Levers / Shimano 105 Brakes
  
• Shifters / Fr. Derailleur / Rr. Derailleur: Shimano 7sp Index Bar-Cons with Suntour Adj Downtube Cable Stops / Shimano 105 Fr. / Shimano Exage 400 EX Rr.
  
• Crank / Freehub: Shimano Sante' Crank with newer Ultegra 53/39 Rings / Suntour New Winner 13-26 Freehub
  
• Fr. Wheel / Rr. Wheel: Shimano 105 Hub, DT Spokes, Mavic 36h Open 4 CD Rim, Continental Sport 1000 (700c x 25c) Tire / Shimano Dura-Ace Hub, DT Spokes, Mavic 36h Open 4 CD Rim Continental Sport 1000 (700c x 25c) Tire
  
• Saddle / Seatpost / Pedals: Selle Stratos / Kalloy Lightweight Alum Post / Classic Avocet Road Pedals with clips and straps
  
• Also Included: Zefal x4 Frame Pump, Shimano 7sp downtube shifters, and Water Bottle Holder

Links to information on the bike, that I could find: http://www.bikepedia.com/QuickBike/BikeSpecs.aspx?ItemID=43113&Type=bike

http://www.raleighbikes.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=257 (English version of the bike)

http://velospace.org/node/3010