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.
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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.)
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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.’
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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
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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.
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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!
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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.
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Those brake levers will fetch some $$$ if you decide to part it out.
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the levers have the barrel adjusters! I had to fab some for mine. love a faded CK hub too. what a score.
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That’s quite the lever angle lol
what size is this? it looks small?
Was taking my visiting mum out for a drive and spotted some loot on the side of the road. Three of us zoomed in on it at the exact same time. A dude with full face gang tattoos grabbed a bunch, sewing machine, tv and something else but Luckily I got what I had my eye on. Bankers lamps! No idea if they are crappy copies or what, but there was a Maserati in the driveway…
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Bullwhip part of the haul, or is this none of my business?
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That was just one of dads. A bit of a memento to remember him by. My brother brought it over for me. Didnt realise it was in shot.
That’s really cool.
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