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Last week on my regular dumpster diving route I found this Roadmaster in the trash bins, it says Made In USA on it, a real oddity around here, never found a USA bike before, always cheap Chinese junk that we breathe new life into. Took a lot of elbow grease to bring it to this condition, new...

We had our annual give away weekend the last two days, anything you no longer wanted got dragged to the curb and if it had a "free" sign on it then it was fair game for anyone to grab it. I scored this 1959 Eatons Glider 3speed, almost mint condition, right down to the original tires, I loaded...

This is a fresh find from last summer........found this completely disassembled and tossed in a dumpster, I didn't object to climbing in and fishing everything out :) My friend and I rebuilt it, put it back together and now we're not sure what it is!The rear wheel is a 24inch 2.25 tire, the...

I found this neat old trike today for 2 dollars at a yard sale, I'm not at all a trike guy but I couldn't pass this up. I'm thinking someone got really inventive when he realized his youngster couldn't reach the pedals, gotta love things like that!

I've been pretty lucky this summer finding great trashed bikes, an unusual amount of 10 speed road bikes......couldn't give them away ten years ago, now everyone wants them! The BeeKay 3 speed was pretty neat too, if the Sturmey hub was correct with the bike it pegs it as a 1970.

I found this little guy in the trash this morning, never seen another like it. The speedo is actually built onto the gooseneck and that fancy gear lever shifts the 5 speed. All it says on it is "Fast N Furious", it must be American made as the speedo is miles per hour. I have a speedo cable to...

Got on my horse extra early this morning and within a few blocks of home I found this beauty put out with the trash. Its a Le Circuit french road bike, sugino lugs, suntour derailleur, aside from worn out tires its not in too bad shape. Funny thing is I can't tell that it ever had a front brake...

Biking through the local alleys this morning looking for junked bikes I met a real "winner" of a scrap metal guy, I saw he had at least 3 bikes on his truck, all in good shape, scrap price on a bike around here is about 3-4 dollars, so I offered him 5 dollars a bike, I really needed those...

We had our annual give away weekend this past weekend, anything you didn't want got dragged to the curb and a "free" sign put on it, fair game for anyone who wanted what you left on the curb. I got up extra early on Saturday morning and snagged this beautiful Giant mountain bike. In excellent...

On Easter Sunday I spotted a pile of bikes and parts in a back lane dumpster, I hauled everything out and brought it home. So far this is what we've built out of that mess. A beautiful chrome (?) Next mountain bike, never seen one like this before. The seatpost defeated us though, nothing short...

Early yesterday morning while out on a winter bike ride I found this clunker stuck deep in a snowbank beside our riding trail.A real mishmash of parts on it, the wheels are Sekine, the frame is a SuperCycle,the chrome fenders have Mazda decals all over them, and a really cool 60's CCM...

Not sure where to post this so I'll try it here. Last summer I purchased a 1986/87 Bianchi road bike that was completely disassembled and tossed in a box, my friend and I put the bike back together, trued the wheels, made sure everything was completely shipshape, rides like a new bike now...

I needed a beater bike for this coming winter so I checked my severely diminished parts pile to see what I had left. I had a Bonelli aluminum frame with rims, I dug up a purple fork that fit nicely, an old rack and a pair of fenders that I have no idea what I pulled them off of, it'll keep the...

This is my neck of the woods, terrain as flat as a board where I'm at, ideal coaster brake single speed country. I laugh at the folks that think they need 21 speed mountain bikes when the only rise they see is the occasional overpass. My little town of Transcona sort of grew into the city of...

Pedalling my bike down one of my local back lanes I spotted this beautiful Miyata RoadKing tandem next to the garbage cans almost begging for someone to take it home. I raced home on my bike, ran as fast as a 47 year old dude can run back to the alley and nabbed the tandem. I wheeled it back...

I came across a scrapped early 70s RollFast 3 speed last night The only things worth salvaging was the SA 3 speed hub, both wheels and this strange looking rack on the back of it. I don't know too much about American bikes but I've never seen anything like this on the Canadian side. It measures...

This spring I purchased an old Bianchi Premio road racer that had been completely disassembled and tossed in a box. I paid the guy 25 dollars for the box and hoped I could reassemble it all. I was amazed at the skinny rims, never seen tires that narrow before. The rear wheel had to be respoked...

Digging up some fresh potatos in the garden yesterday my pitchfork hit a small metal object, an old bike license badge from my town. I know its not worth anything for the shape its in but for a vintage bike nut like me its just what the doctor ordered. Were badges like this common in the...

I don't know if this neat little device has been mentioned here before but I found this article in a automotive website I often visit. If its good enough for auto pinstriping then why not bikes? http://www.canadiandriver.com/2010/08/1 ... triper.htm

I picked up this 24 inch Raleigh at a yard sale Saturday for 4 dollars. Suntour deraileur, Sugino lugs, must have been an expensive little bike in its day. I pumped up the tires, oiled the chain, adjusted brakes and gears and did alright for 4 bucks:) I'm still learning this pic process here so...