Here's my fresh finds for the last bit, it's winter here so lots of the bigger thrift stores (where I find most of my bikes) completely stop putting bikes out, it's a bummer.
First up is a bike I grabbed for a upcoming build for my girlfriend, I need to pick her brain to see what all she would like before I can say for sure that it's the frame I'll use but chances are decent it will be my starting point. It's a CCM I'll grab the serial the next time I'm in the garage. It was $50 at a local antique mall (outside in over a foot of snow). It's rusty but everything spins and seems functional.
And here we have a super clean Raleigh Colt($25), clean Raleigh Sports($25) and not so clean Wayfarer($30). If my memory serves me right the wayfarer is early 70's and the other two are 80's.
This is a leather saddle I picked from a Japanese roadbike that it looked like someone backed over and then tossed for the garbage man. I also snagged the front araya wheel that looks straight as can be.
First up is a bike I grabbed for a upcoming build for my girlfriend, I need to pick her brain to see what all she would like before I can say for sure that it's the frame I'll use but chances are decent it will be my starting point. It's a CCM I'll grab the serial the next time I'm in the garage. It was $50 at a local antique mall (outside in over a foot of snow). It's rusty but everything spins and seems functional.
And here we have a super clean Raleigh Colt($25), clean Raleigh Sports($25) and not so clean Wayfarer($30). If my memory serves me right the wayfarer is early 70's and the other two are 80's.
This is a leather saddle I picked from a Japanese roadbike that it looked like someone backed over and then tossed for the garbage man. I also snagged the front araya wheel that looks straight as can be.
