The Balancé. I remember lusting after those.
yuge Bontrager frame. I believe this is a '94 or '95 Race. 21" ST c-c, 24" TT c-c by my measure.
E-rock’d for $40, though it does have a ding in the drive side chainstay (that I’m going to try and work out at least a little bit with tubing blocks). I have no idea what I’m going to do with it, just seemed cool and was nearby and easy to snag. I love the monostay.
Got a minty small Salsa Journeyman 700c flatbar for $300, with a Specialized framebag (and a tube!). Kids can fight over it.
(j/k, 2 of them don’t care.)
Mint XS 2018 GT Pantera Elite for $200. That’s cheap enough where I could justify an angleset!
I think I’ve got the 10yo set for a couple years on decent bikes now.
When the seller says a bike includes a saddle bag with some tools, I think yeah whatever, that usually means a moldy old Nashbar thing with like a single tire lever.
But in this case, score! Road Runner burrito bag and tool roll with Brooks wrench, stubby 15mm combo, Pedro’s lever, tube, CO2 + inflator, and a Topeak Mini 9 which I have been sorely missing since I lost my last one. Incredible.
from a friend, who saw a house being cleared out for sale, free.99 on the verge.
Surly $1800 Bill trailer (and a POS aluminium Trek)
Groundscored 2 bikesdirect boat anchors some people were giving away. One was on the curb and then the lady was like ‘Oh you want it? We have a men’s bike too.’
Kind of a reverse score, but I sold my 1970s (but “MCM” style) armchairs and couches for 3.5 dollarybongs in under a day after buying them for 0.8 dollarybongs 8 years ago. I love them but they just don’t fit in this house.
pour one out for the mustard velvet and the dearly departed orange boi
Effectively brand new vegan dress shoes for $0 from my partner’s collection. They no-longer have to get dressed up when they go into work, we are the same size in most shoes and they have a shoe surplus.
Basically brand new $250 Quick 3 for my wife. Been tire kicking a replacement for the hi-ten 80s mixte I bought them at the beginning of our relationship and this just landed in our lap.
It’s only got like three tiny little scratches on it!
The online ad pic was kinda bad, but the Race Face crankset, mismatched King headset, and Thomson stem were visible. For $100 I rolled the dice.
Kinda crusty and faded anno, but scored some cool parts.
Those brake levers will fetch some $$$ if you decide to part it out.
the levers have the barrel adjusters! I had to fab some for mine. love a faded CK hub too. what a score.
That’s quite the lever angle lol