Cycle Sensei: 70's racers

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Friday, August 12, 2011

His and Hers 1978 Raleigh Grand Prix set

Friday, June 3, 2011

Schwinn Super Letour 12.2 Chrome

Friday, May 27, 2011

1978 Schwinn Le Tour III Orange Ladies

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Holy Grail of Vintage Track Frames....

1977 Colnago Track frame

Owner had me remove the Italian bottom bracket before he shipped it to a buyer in Switzerland. Sale price? One thousand even.

Raleigh Record single speed project

This is the exact same Record that I have, as seen in my personal Bike Check. I got to build this one in a low budget way similar to the way I would build mine if I made it a fixed gear. Normally I think turning old road bikes into fixies is blasphemy (just hunt down a vintage track frame for real), but this one came sans rear wheel, front derailleur, stock leather seat and had already been converted to cruising bars a long time ago so it was a prime exception to the rule. I didn't give this one the full beans because I didn't have the heart to smash apart the seized cotter pin cranks just yet, but we have some nice black and polished Origin 8 cranks and some hand build black and silver track wheels waiting for it for the right customer.