Re: [CR]Dumpster/Yard Sale/Thrift Store Finds?

(Example: Racing:Jacques Boyer)

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From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Dumpster/Yard Sale/Thrift Store Finds?
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:19:56 -0800
To: CR RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


Matthew Bowne wrote:
> (cut) I'm sure there are some good stories to be told first hand
> from members of the list.
> Just for fun, I thought I'd ask for some "Best Find" stories.
> What's the most exciting (on topic) thing you have ever pulled from
> a trash can or dumpster? Anybody decide to poke your head into a
> local thrift store, only to find the bike of your dreams with a $20
> price tag?
> Let's hear 'em!

Back in the early '90s a guy was going from bike shop to bike shop in the LA area trying to sell his old bike without success... nobody wanted a bike that didn't index or didn't have clipless pedals by then. The guy was really grateful when I said I'd buy his old bike. A 1979 Bianchi Superleggera, very, very nice condition with full pantographing and Celeste leather covered bars for $200. The bike was featured in Jim Langley's monthly "Way Back Machine" column in Bicycling magazine.

Looks like this: http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalogs/Bianchi-81a/pg2.jpg

Even a blind pig finds a truffle once in a while. <grin>

Chuck "you want HOW much?" Schmidt
South Pasadena, CA USA
http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, t-shirts & timelines)