Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
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Postby morini » Thu Mar 06, 2014 9:08 pm
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Postby PatNZ » Fri Mar 07, 2014 11:51 am
This is the bike I kept an Elan bike. I've never heard of this brand before but it seem to be a decent bike. It has mostly a 400ex groupset with other various exage action and exage sport parts on it. The gear cables look pretty new and the front tire was still good. I've had to put a new back one on. The bike was missing the front brake so ive put on a cheapy dual pivot brake. I can see some one had already modified the fork for the modern brake to fit. So the modern dual pivot brake bolted right in.
I think this was a good purchase just need to replace the bar tape. I have no clue what the frame is made out of I can't find any stickers any where. I don't know what year this bike is either.
Any one else know much about these bikes?
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Postby find_bruce » Fri Mar 07, 2014 12:41 pm
Love the fluro. You probably won't find what the frame is made of, but if you enjoy riding the bike, it doesn't really matter.PatNZ wrote:I got three bikes from a garage sale sold two for the price I paid for three so the third one was free.
This is the bike I kept an Elan bike. I've never heard of this brand before but it seem to be a decent bike. It has mostly a 400ex groupset with other various exage action and exage sport parts on it. The gear cables look pretty new and the front tire was still good. I've had to put a new back one on. The bike was missing the front brake so ive put on a cheapy dual pivot brake. I can see some one had already modified the fork for the modern brake to fit. So the modern dual pivot brake bolted right in.
I think this was a good purchase just need to replace the bar tape. I have no clue what the frame is made out of I can't find any stickers any where. I don't know what year this bike is either.
Any one else know much about these bikes?
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Re: Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
Postby ldrcycles » Fri Mar 07, 2014 7:43 pm
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Re: Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
Postby Tomca74 » Sun Mar 09, 2014 3:42 pm
Lots of steel bikes wrote:Got this nice never used 600 derailleur at a market this morning.
dammit! Why can I never find one of those?
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Postby PatNZ » Mon Mar 10, 2014 12:40 am
I didn't manage to find out much from that thread only that Abeni didn't talk much and probably didn't keep good records. It'd be good to know what the frames made out of for curiosity purposes also if it turned out to be some thing good possibly even repaint the bike at some point.ldrcycles wrote:Well der, the frame's made of steel . IIRC Elan was something to do with Abeni, a trawl though the Abeni Appreciation thread might get you some more info.
I've heard some people mention that the seat post measurements can some times help determine information about the frame? The bike weighs 10.5kgs as is.
My partner actually loves the fluro color and I'm more concerned about how the thing rides. So its good. Still gonna hunt for more old steel bikes this spec or higher .
Also good find with the unused 600 derailer. How much did it cost you?
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Postby morini » Mon Mar 10, 2014 9:26 am
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Postby Lots of steel bikes » Mon Mar 10, 2014 8:47 pm
It was $5. Unfortunately old habits die hard, I embarrassed myself by asking if he'd take $3.PatNZ wrote: Also good find with the unused 600 derailer. How much did it cost you?
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Postby mark field » Tue Mar 11, 2014 11:52 pm
please complete this sentence " the markets i went to were held at......."Lots of steel bikes wrote:It was $5. Unfortunately old habits die hard, I embarrassed myself by asking if he'd take $3.PatNZ wrote: Also good find with the unused 600 derailer. How much did it cost you?
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Re: Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
Postby ironhanglider » Wed Mar 12, 2014 12:28 pm
an undisclosed location.mark field wrote:please complete this sentence " the markets i went to were held at......."Lots of steel bikes wrote:It was $5. Unfortunately old habits die hard, I embarrassed myself by asking if he'd take $3.PatNZ wrote: Also good find with the unused 600 derailer. How much did it cost you?
What do I win?
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Postby Saro28 » Wed Mar 12, 2014 5:35 pm
an undisclosed location.
What do I win?
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Re: Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
Postby commando » Wed Mar 12, 2014 6:14 pm
There's a couple small spots of rust on the frame and it's quite dirty. After pumping up the tyres I took it for a quick spin around the block, it's been a long time since I've ridden a race bike and I forgot how fast they are! At first I thought I'd move it on, but I'm thinking I'll hang on to it.
I'll post more photos in the Abeni/Elan thread and hope someone can help date it.
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Postby Lots of steel bikes » Wed Mar 12, 2014 8:39 pm
I was at the Beenleigh weekend market but wandered over to the adjacent oval where there was a car part swap meet. The derailleur was on a table of car part odds and ends all for $5 each. Scoured the meet for more bargains without success.mark field wrote:please complete this sentence " the markets i went to were held at......."Lots of steel bikes wrote:It was $5. Unfortunately old habits die hard, I embarrassed myself by asking if he'd take $3.PatNZ wrote: Also good find with the unused 600 derailer. How much did it cost you?
I was surprised at the high price of old car parts. I should have kept my son's Torana that was rusting away in the back yard.
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Re: Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
Postby stwaen » Sat Mar 15, 2014 11:07 pm
Just some examples of how nasty it was:
I made it into a cruiser-ish bike. The paint job will flake off if you look at it wrong, but I'm glad I found a home for all the bits I had lying around. I kept the RD, calipers, shifter, cranks and fork crown race (it was 27mm and my new headset had a 26.4mm race). I drilled the BB shell for a cable guide and stretched the dropouts for a 130mm axle. I think it turned out pretty good considering how little I put into it.
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Postby stwaen » Sat Mar 15, 2014 11:57 pm
It was more or less destroyed when I removed it from the fork (a pry bar and vise are not the tools of a surgeon). I think that's why the headset wasn't touched during the 80s rehab. The stem was practically welded to the fork.What did you do with the nice old steel stem?
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Postby mark field » Sun Mar 16, 2014 12:36 am
indeed. back in black.ldrcycles wrote:Nice work .
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Postby koen » Sun Mar 16, 2014 1:19 pm
sobstwaen wrote:It was more or less destroyed ..What did you do with the nice old steel stem?
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Re: Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
Postby stwaen » Sun Mar 16, 2014 5:36 pm
The post is 26.0 mm. The seat tube and down tube OD is 28.6 mm. Top tube OD is 25.4.What size is the seat post?
Too bad the badge was long gone. The head tube only had a couple of horizontal holes for the badge rivets.
I've only ridden a few gas pipe road bikes. They definitely felt heavy and clunky even in good condition. This bike rides well IMO. Of course, I did fit 28mm tires and an old pair of alloy wheels.
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Re: Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
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