Hi Karen, Yep, you'll need a second bike to ride around on for now. Get one from a thrift store cheap, as long as it's a decent bike. On your Excelsior, do you...
DHL is comprised mainly of a group of subcontractors in the field. FedEx and UPS are a single entity. Not that bigger is better but in this case my experience...
What I know of the Miyata is: It is a 110 model, top of the line of the "Sport/Road/Tourer bikes but below the Touring and Race frames as far as I can gather...
shippingMaybe this is me, but i swear when i used my Fed Ex number the charges were higher, now i just pay at the counter and the charges are more resonable....
... It's close to a toss up. Both are fine bikes. I like the lugs on the Trek. Does your Trek have Reynolds 531 tubing? Some of the 400 series bikes did....
I have this same bike, i bought it in '89, so i think its a 89. It has Esage componets and isn't a bad ride. Mine is "Triple Butted" or "Spline butted" too...
... go out and get a cruiser to use while I restore this one....(i.e., how long does it take to restore a bike that is rideable). It needs a new seat, a paint...
John is thinking along the same lines as I was. I call getting a bike rideable a "Mechanical Resto", and making it pretty a "Full resto". A Mechanical can...
... Frank, That is probably not too much -- it's still $25 a seat if you want to look at it that way. The hearse probably makes a great bike hauler! I...
Hi, I posted a few weeks ago to let you know that MapMuse.com had added a nationwide map of cycling clubs to its services. We have since added bicycle shops to...
... and have kicked myself since (but I often wonder what sort of dates I would have attracted if I had actually bought it). ... Bob, back in high school I had...
I had a pink '58 cadillac, and the trunk waqs so big, a family of five could rent it out., but i liked it because i didn't have to take off the front wheel to...
... The Trek has Tange tubing. I got it a few years ago in a internet trade, the paint was pretty rough - scrathes and such that show the white primer, tho...
I've just posted new jpgs of a 1973 Hetchins Track Bike, which at first I thought might be an Italia, but after exchanging letters with Flash, the webmaster of...
... I had one of these too! (A '57 actually) Here is a pic or two from an old web page I have laying around (circa 1998 when the car was my Dad's -- I traded...
... I recently shipped a bike to South Carolina from Calif so the distance is probably very similar. I did a lot of research on the shipping prices and based ...
I dropped by a local bike shop close to my office, a Schwinn dealer, to burn a few extra minutes at lunchtime today. It has been a couple of years since I'd...
Hmmm... That componentry was not OEM on any Le Tour II I know of. I'd guess someone got ahold of a warranty frame and built it up "proper." Perhaps Bob H....
... http://www.geocities.com/sldatabook/detail7579.html#1976superletour ... I could swear a teacher at my middle school had a truly groovy, fully chromed 12.2...
I've been spending way too much time on eBay shopping for a high quality lugged steel frame to replace a Raleigh Competition frameset that's just too small. ...
... Forbes, It wasn't available in '76. It's on the '77 and '78 links of course. ;-) http://www.geocities.com/sldatabook/detail7579.html#1977superletour ...
Scott what size are you looking for? I think if you watch CL close enough might find something. I just picked up a very nice Raleigh Gran sport for $75, come...
I'm having a wierd problem with my drive train that I just can't seem to remedy. I hope someone can help before I go crazy. SYMPTOMS: 1- the drive train...
Hi Gang, Nashbar has all their 7 through 9 speed equipment located in one sale section. Some of the prices are good, some are not so good. Depending on what...
Jeff, Have you checked the alignment of the derailleur hanger braze-on? If that got tweaked, then the derailleur pulleys might not be running on a plane ...
I had a 12.2 and should have NEVER sold it! they are a "very good" utility/touring bike that weighs 12.2 K which is what the 12.2 comes from. they (or at...
Whoa.. Ok,it may be in concours condition and it sounds like it has quality equipment but that's a ton of coin. This past April a 12.2 (with some minor...
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