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1959 Schwinn Hornet.
3G Partytime fork. 7/8″ built in stem.
3G- SlickyG tires
3spd F&S hub. S/A shifter
Brooks Saddle

This is a Raleigh Wyoming touring bike from the mid 1980s. It’s a steel-frame 12-speed with friction shifters. I bought it on Craigslist for $125, and put about $100 worth of restoration parts and accessories into it. I’m fairly new to bicycle maintenance so this has been my first real “project”. Last weekend I reaped the rewards of my hard work when I rode it 60 miles up the California coast from Pacific Beach to San Clemente.

Future plans are to get a brooks saddle and maybe some different handlebars because as you might imagine the ones on there start to hurt about about 25 miles or so.

If anybody knows what year this bike is from and the original price, I’d be very interested to know. Thanks!

I bought my Bianchi for $800 at a local bike shop. It looked brand new, but suffered from shifting complaints, which may have been why the someone traded it in. Luckily everything was fixed with a new cassette and chain. I’m really happy to finally have a fast, light bike for the first time in my life. Until then I’d been making do on entry-level bikes like the Giant OCR3 and Schwinn Fastback Sport. Here’s the bike right before a training ride. The ride is not as harsh as some aluminum frames, but the geometry makes it comfortable for long rides.

Specs:

Full Campy Centaur 10 sp

Mavic Ksyrium Equipe wheelset

This is my ‘06 Easy Racers “BOBish” Tour Easy. It was built up from a framset by Rick Steele at Gold Country Cyclery in Shingle Springs, CA. The paint is custom British Racing Green. I hand picked most of the parts myself, with some assistance from Rick. It’s a perfectly comfortable, reliable, and confidence inspiring bike. Thanks to Michael Wolfe (owner of the original BOBish Tour Easy), and Grant Peterson (of Rivendell) for inspiration. You can see more photos here.

-Alan

Specs are as follows:

Tour Easy Frameset
Size: ML
Brake Levers: Avid Speed Dial SL
Brakes: Avid Single Digit SL
Headset: Chris King
Shifters: Shimano Dura-Ace bar-end on Paul Thumbie Mounts
Derailleurs: R: Shimano XTR “Low Normal”, F: IRD Alpina F
Crank: 155mm Specialites T.A. Carmina, 24/36/46
Bottom Bracket: Specialites T.A.
Cassette: Shimano XT 11-34
Chain: Shimano Dura-Ace
Idler: Terracycle
Front Wheel: SON Dynamo Hub / 36h Velocity Razor
Rear Wheel: Phil Wood Cassette Hub / 36h Velocity Synergy
Tyres: Schwalbe Marathon Racer: 40/406, 35/622
Bags: Rivendell Nigel Smythe
Headlights: B&M Lumotec Oval Plus, B&M Ixon
Taillight: B&M DToplight Plus
Rear Rack: IRD Khyber Stainless Steel
Fenders: River City Full Wood
Grips: Velo Orange Cork
Bell: Velo Orange Japanese Brass
Bottle Cages: Nitto Brazed
Kickstand: ESGE Pletscher Double
Fairing: Super Zzipper

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A recent acquisition from craigslist free section, all she needed was air in the tires.

So far we’re enjoying each other’s company.

And no, the gas meter is not part of the bike.

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Just picture this polished like it should be.

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Hardly a scratch on her, I think the poor thing spent most of her life in a basement somewhere.

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See how the camera loves her so?

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I was going to be a restoration job on this one, but then I realized it didn’t really need it beyond removing some cobwebs & dust, a bit of polishing, and replacing the bar tape & a few rubber bits that didn’t age well.

More of a tune-up than a resto job.

This frame was given to us by Ibex Bikes to do a project build up.

This was built for fun using some parts that I had collected.

1950 BF Goodrich frame (Schwinn)

Drum brakes- front(NOS), Back(Grimeca) w/ 5speed

Motocross bars, Tange forks.

Specs:
Frame sizes: 14″, 16″, 18″, 20″, 22″. 16″ Tested
Frame tubing: Kona Cromoly Butted
Fork: Kona P2 29er Disc
Headset: TH
Crankarms: Suntour CW-XCC-T208
Chainrings: 48/38/28
B/B: CH-46
Pedals: Kona Jackshit
Chain: KMC Z-72
Freewheel: SHIMANO HG-30 (11-32, 8spd)
F/D: Shimano Altus
R/D: Shimano Altus
Shifters: SRAM MRX
Handlebar: Kona Riser
Stem: Kona Control
Grips: Kona Mooseknuckle
Front Brake: Tektro 855AC
Brake Levers: Tektro RS-384A
Front hub: Formula
Rear hub: Formula
Spokes: Stainless 14g
Tires: Continental City Contact 700 x 47c
Rims: Rigida Cyber 10
Saddle: Velo Comfort
Seatpost: Kona Thumb
Seat clamp: Kona Clamp
Color: Smoke Grey
MSRP: $369

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XTR Shifters, Rear Derailleur
XT Front Derailleur
Hussefelt Crankset
Hayes EL Camino Hydraulic Brakes with 8″ rotor on the front and 6″ on the rear
Vuelta X-lite DH Wheels
Spinner Cargo Thru-axle fork
IRC Headset, Stem and handlebars
Nokon Shifter Cables
WTB saddle.

This was a demo bike that we got from Fezzari Bikes. It’s the Alta Peak