Hi Everybody ! I'm new here and hope to find help. I'm trying to find old/cheap or donated bicycles to restore for the needy families of our community. Any...
You may want to try the local salvation army and goodwill, maybe a local newspaper would give you a free ad or something. What kind of classics are you into?...
Dave, Thanks for the response!! As for the type of classics....I'm quite new and in a quandery of where to start, however, since I'm a throwback from the late...
Hi Jeff, Salvation army and Goodwill are ok sources, sometimes spotty availability and quality. If they're open to it, they might be willing to let you do...
Hi Gang, Out of the goodness of his heart, our beloved Steve Birmingham fabbed me up a set of monster toe clips for my size 15/16 feet. They are just...
Jeff,also be sure to check out Half-Priced book stores in your area.Look under sporting / cycling or similar.I've found some very useful books for pennies(well...
... I have somewhere between 80 and a hundred bicycles of all sizes in my basement, and would sell the whole lot for a hundred dollars ($150 if I have to...
Hi guys, I'm new here and new to restoring. I found an old Concord Trail Master bicycle that I want to restore. I want to keep it pretty close to original. The...
Hi Jack, The Concord sounds prety neat, and old mountain bikes can be lots of fun to ride. The bearings in the wheel might be ok, lots of times it's just that...
Thanks Steve for the reply. As soon as I get my camera back I'll post some pictures of the bike and it's brakes. It looks like the rear brakes have been...
I rebuild bikes often. First thing is, is your Concord woth the effort and worth keeping original? As for the brakes, need to see them in photo. I have a KHS I...
Good luck is right. If you clean your parts in gas and then use a combination of a powered wire wheel and steel parts, you will soon be a smoking crisp in the...
... Any bike shop should have them. Make sure to bring the old ones in so they know what size to sell you. Welcome aboard! - Forbes Bagatelle-Black Santa...
AS220 115 Empire Street Providence, RI Swap Meet is 1-5pm Vendors set up at 12:30PM Free for everyone. Please come and enjoy downtown Providence on an early...
... I will second that. I bought a set of cone wrenches many years ago at a bike shop. they were cheap stamped flat things and they worked. (I still have...
... combination ... crisp in ... WoW! I'd hate to be in an enclosed shop doing that. I use clarcoal started fluid--it's made to burn but not explode---and only...
Thanks guys for all of the very useful info. Eric what makes a bike worth restoring? The Concord is a quality bike and I like the unsual characteristics of it....
... To my way of thinking, that is more than enough reason to restore it any way you choose. Restoring old bikes is a labor of love. Anyone trying to make...
Hey guys I am loking for a 650 size fork for an old peugot frame. The frame is 531 so a fork of similar quality in any material would be great. Condition...
I've been hunting through some parts boxes for stuff to use for my projects, and have a couple items that I'll probably never use. I'll list them on ebay if no...
Funny you should mention a bike like that... Details to follow in a few months... Thanks for the post. I'd actually be interested in bidding on that if it...
I put up some photos of a front wheel that was discarded in Goldedn Gate Park. I saw the wheel sitting where I found it most of the summer, in a remote corner...
... eric, i loved this post! not sure if you were here last year when the San Francisco Abandoned Bicycle Thread appeared, but at that time we confirmed that...
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