So, today I was heading about a half hour away to Yakima to see a friends band play on their first day out on tour. Last minute I decide to scope craigslist to see if there were any sweet deals I could snag, hopes certainly not high. I found that the only posting for the day was an ad for “bike stuff” and included the items “race wheels” and some other random stuff, and said to "come check it out.
I figured, why not stop by? See if I can score some gear on the cheap as I’m going to be there anyways, so I got directions and headed over before the show.
I get to the address, and pull into the driveway, and walk up to the front door. A polite lady answered the door and I inquired about the bike stuff in the craigslist ad. “Oh great, you’re the first one to show up!” was her response. She lead me down the stairs. As we were going, she nonchalantly mentioned “we crashed the tandem, so the fork needs to be replaced and you will have to order a new derailluer hanger if you want it, but the frame is still perfect, we had it checked out”
We got down and I see a stack of stuff, and she says “you can take as much or as little as you would like”
I asked how much she wanted for it, and her response is “nothing, let me go get my husband, he can tell you a little more about it”
Husband comes out, chats a bit, asks what I’m into and stuff, tells me a little about the stuff.
As I walk over to inspect, I find a gorgeous CoMotion tandem frame, as well as a stack of rims and wheels. I loaded it all in my car and made off with it.
Total haul came in to:
CoMotion Robusta tandem frame
2 tubular rims with the only marking being “Aspin”
A 650 campy tubular rim
A set of campy road hubs w/ 7 speed laced to Mavic GP-4’s
A Mavid T217
A Mavic Clincher, unmarked as far as I can tell
An Araya Aero 1 World Champion laced to a Suzue Japan track hub.
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