Over the weekend I found a 1983ish Motobecane Mixtie bike that is the perfect size for my girlfriend (just barely on topic- probably the closest I'll get to own one for a couple of years, unless I ground score another like this). We will be converting it to a city bike, internal hub, brooks saddle, mustache bars, rack, and other neat stuff like that. After stripping it down, I thought there might be some value in the components that we are not using:
-Weinmann aluminum brake levers with safety arms -Simplex all steel rear derailluer- a thin 14 or 15mm bolt fixes the der from the back of the droppout hanger. -Simplex F der- all steel, nothing fancy. This is a functional item and not the rod type simplex f der that was a total pos that never worked. -simplex stem mounted shift levers -Motobecane screened 170mm 42/52t crankset with 14x1.25mm pedal threads (is this the same as modern ISO pedal threads? 9/16" x20??). inner ring bolts to outer ring and outer ring is sweged to arm. -rattrap pedals with same threading (and question) as above. -steel drop bars 40cm End to end- comes with a free rusty bell!
If you are local and interested I'd be willing to make a trade or something like that. contact me off list for that transaction. If this stuff is landfill fodder, reply to the list
There are some neato smooth steel fenders on the bike that I will attempt to repair/restore. The hardware looks like Honjo, with the stays going through eyebolts that are snugged up by nuts and washers through some large unthreaded eyelets in the dropouts. They are drilled for a lighting system and has a taillight mount that I need to find a light for. The rear fender is painted white at the end, and there is a large red six pointed star, half on the white and half on the chrome part of the fender. There looks to be dutch, or flemish words in the star, something other than french or english. Anyone know the story of these fenders? Any tips on how to de-dent and straighten them out, and how do you get the surface rust off without scratching the chrome?
I know this is not a high end bike but it will be transformed into a bike with lots of utility.
Best Regards,
Tom Martin
Oakland CA