Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
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Re: Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
Postby rkelsen » Mon Oct 15, 2012 10:28 pm
Definitely no clunker. In the worst case, it'd be an upper mid-range model.
The geometry looks quite impressive from where I sit. Are the wheels 27" or 700c?
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Re: Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
Postby stevendavid75 » Mon Oct 15, 2012 10:35 pm
Very strange thing is the top tube has been cut, looks like an angle grinder has cut through it ...perhaps it was because this bike has a full Dura Ace group.
6 speed.
Double D crank pedals.
Dura ace stem and post
Tange headset
3T bars.
Concor seat
havent been able to check the rims yet (closely) but they are clinchers with no label.
One of the interesting things is the rear drop out...I have seen it before but it looks like a spider web (Someone will know it)
The bottom bracket shell has Brittish made and does have some serial numbers that i will get to but the frame isnt of much use as the top tube is in half.
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Re: Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
Postby singlespeedscott » Tue Oct 16, 2012 7:19 am
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Re: Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
Postby morini » Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:13 am
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Re: Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
Postby familyguy » Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:32 am
This. Seen a few with those swiss cheese rear dropouts. Worth your time to grab, even if you clean parts and flog them off for some spare cash.morini wrote:Off the top of my head.......... it looks like a Gitane?
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Re: Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
Postby discrepancy » Tue Oct 16, 2012 1:57 pm
Thanks rkelsen. I will check the wheels soon. I don't know if I will do anything with the bike, I am pretty sure it would cost me more than it's "worth," I just couldn't bear to see it chucked out.rkelsen wrote:That puts it up there somewhere.
Definitely no clunker. In the worst case, it'd be an upper mid-range model.
The geometry looks quite impressive from where I sit. Are the wheels 27" or 700c?
It's also a fraction too big for me.
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Re: Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
Postby bicyclepassion » Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:29 pm
PM me if you want to sell the damaged frame.
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Re: Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
Postby singlespeedscott » Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:03 pm
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Re: Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
Postby familyguy » Thu Oct 18, 2012 1:35 pm
Stay caps aren't the same, and can't really make out the fork crown. May not be a Gitane, but those ends are distinctive.Hilary's blurb wrote: GITANE ROAD FRAME 1970s Reynolds 531
Seat Tube (ctc): 58cm (23in)
Top Tube (ctc): 59cm (23.5in)
Rear dropout width: 124mm
Wheel size: 700C/sprints with brake drop of 48mm
Seatpost size: 26.6mm
Frame tubing: Reynolds 531
Gitane made some really rather nice road frames in the 1970s. This one made from Reynolds 531 tubing features their distinctive rear dropouts – a new gear hanger has been added and this will enable any modern gear to be used. The original paint is a little scruffy but is still quite useable. £95
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Re: Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
Postby stevendavid75 » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:23 pm
The Bb shell reads British made with a 60 over 61 on the lhs and a v on the right hand side and a vll on the lhs chain stay lug at the Bb. Note this is looking at the bb as if bike upside down .
If anyone is interested in swapping the parts for a track frame bike 58 cm please let me.
Cheers
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Re: Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
Postby peachy » Sun Oct 28, 2012 11:42 am
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Re: Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
Postby ldrcycles » Sun Oct 28, 2012 5:31 pm
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Re: Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
Postby singlespeedscott » Mon Oct 29, 2012 8:46 am
Love that. Great parts. Absolutely nothing rubbish about it. I've been looking for something similar myself. Pm me if you ever wish to unload it .peachy wrote:Hi all, A while ago I poached this Miyata Valley runner from gumtree. It needs work and im living interstate in Ipswich at the moment and have no access to my tools so its now just sitting in the lock up gathering dust. Its got great potential as a tourer but needs a full overhaul. Its a scratch I cant itch .
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Re: Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
Postby ACT SC600 » Mon Nov 05, 2012 3:39 pm
took it home stripped it, painted it, stickered it...put some now grips, seat post, seat and shifters on her......
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Re: Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
Postby ldrcycles » Mon Nov 05, 2012 6:59 pm
And thanks for this..
I love rhyming slang, hadn't heard that one .ACT SC600 wrote: for the cheese and kisses
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Re: Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
Postby scratchman » Sun Nov 11, 2012 7:06 am
I asked if he had the original seat and he said, yes, but it's all shrivelled up, so I said I'd buy it if he threw in the seat, so he went home and got it for me
Even tho the frame is too small for me I had a ride around, gears are a bit dodgy, but it is tight and responsive and even with the crappy old tyres rides nice
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Re: Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
Postby ldrcycles » Sun Nov 11, 2012 9:59 am
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Re: Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
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Re: Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
Postby The 2nd Womble » Mon Nov 19, 2012 10:59 pm
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Re: Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
Postby WestcoastPete » Mon Nov 26, 2012 9:45 pm
First of all is some sort of frame. I'm assuming it's 26" but haven't measured yet. It's got Avid V-brakes fitted, but a tab for disc brakes on the rear. LX triple FD. The Tiagra RD throws me a bit, and the fork seems incongruous. It's double butted True Temper cromo, with a big "K" as the logo, but not much else as far as decals go. TIG welded. As far as Murphy goes, it's got the exact set of shifters I was after for my recumbent, but of course I've just ordered some new ones from the online as I couldn't find any used.
Next up is a couple of pairs of XTR cantilever brakes, dug out of a box of junk. I also found 1.5 pairs of XT cantilever brakes in another box. For the life of me, I couldn't find the forth.
Finally, I found these funky shift mate like things. They might not even be bike related. I'll have a bit of a play around on Google for them later (Q&A is just starting!).
$10 for the lot...
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Re: Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
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Re: Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
Postby WestcoastPete » Tue Nov 27, 2012 12:27 am
There was an XTR front hub too, but it was missing one critical end and no amount of searching turned it out. There were a heap of old hubs, levers and other bits and pieces, including some old school front and rear Cateye lights (two sets each), like these ones:
I left them there. I find them attractive yes, but bike lights have moved on A LOT since they were new, and I don't need any more stuff.
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Re: Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
Postby ldrcycles » Tue Nov 27, 2012 12:32 am
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Re: Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
Postby familyguy » Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:16 am
KHS. Made some decent stuff. Worth a google.WestcoastPete wrote:First of all is some sort of frame. I'm assuming it's 26" but haven't measured yet. It's got Avid V-brakes fitted, but a tab for disc brakes on the rear. LX triple FD. The Tiagra RD throws me a bit, and the fork seems incongruous. It's double butted True Temper cromo, with a big "K" as the logo, but not much else as far as decals go. TIG welded. As far as Murphy goes, it's got the exact set of shifters I was after for my recumbent, but of course I've just ordered some new ones from the online as I couldn't find any used.
Jim
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