So at present’s put up will probably be kind of a non-post, what with at present being a nationwide vacation and all, however additional to yesterday’s put up I’m going to share a pair bikes that made the journey with me from Queens and want new properties. Right here’s one in all them:
I don’t know the 12 months on the body, and I don’t actually know Felt sizing and fashions, however I’d name it a 58cm. I do know that it’s surgically clear and operates completely. I additionally know that having turn into accustomed to Rivendae it’s so mild that once I lifted it I unintentionally misplaced management of it and it could up in a tree. Wheels are hand constructed, in all probability Velocity rims (proprietor was an obsessive de-labler and if a brand could possibly be eliminated then he eliminated it, although do I do know he favored Velocity), with a Ritchey hub up entrance…
…and a Hope hub within the rear:
The hub is wrapped in a kind of Garmin thingies and that’s an influence meter crank. I don’t know from Garmin thingies or energy meter cranks. I do realize it’s SRAM Pressure 10 pace, although the rear shifter is SRAM Purple, as a result of that is somebody who solely upgraded the place it actually counts:
Ostensibly extra pedestrian however arguably extra genteel is that this Kinesis Racelight:
As I perceive it, these bikes are quite common over within the UK, however right here in Canada’s consolation saddle you virtually by no means see them. We each shared an affinity for bikes with medium-reach brakes and fender clearance, although I didn’t share his affinity for retaining bikes clear, and that is simply the World’s Tidiest Winter Highway Bike:
It has a SRAM Rival 10 pace drivetrain with Pressure shifters and Shimano 105 hubs. I’m not 100% positive the wheels are hand constructed however most definitely they’re, as a result of this belonged to somebody with the persistence to construct wheels and an virtually pathological aversion to “wheelsets.”
These bikes will be yours. I would like them to be yours. I at the moment have them listed them in a half-assed trend on the Hell Sight (that’s the Listing of Craig). You’re welcome to seek out the listings, take a look at these costs, and to treat them or disregard them as you see match. I believe they’re very low, however possibly they’re very excessive. I do not know. As a semi-professional blogger and the Traditional Cycles Outdated Crap Take a look at Pilot I’m fully indifferent from real-world pricing.
In case you’re excited about both of those bikes and wish to make me a suggestion, I’d advocate emailing me with a worth that makes you really feel such as you’re getting an amazing deal, while on the identical time insulting me solely reasonably. If I had six months, a big storefront, and completely nothing else to do, I might extract most worth out of those bikes and elements and haggle with individuals over stuff like whether or not to incorporate the pedals or not, or create a number of listings for each on a number of platforms and ship them to the individuals prepared to pay essentially the most, and even half them out. Nevertheless, the actual fact is I’m a washed up former semi-professional bike blogger who now commutes to an workplace twice every week, lives in an condo constructing already full his personal bikes, and has a household who counts of him for…properly, I’m not good for a lot, however I can boil pasta. So if I can discover properties for these bikes, make some cash for a great trigger, and make somebody who reads this weblog actually joyful as a result of she or he scored an amazing bike for an amazing worth, then I’d name that an excellent consequence. (All the higher if I don’t need to hire a storage unit, which is turning into an more and more actual chance.) As a motorbike blogger I’ve lucked into some nice offers over time, in order weblog readers you should luck into some nice offers too.
(However be capable to come choose up the bike if doable. Not having to journey or to ship a motorbike is value some huge cash to me. In case you don’t often pack and ship bikes then you haven’t any thought what a chore it’s. Hey, possibly we will even go for a experience.)
Thanks for studying, and benefit from the vacation.
–Tan Tenovo
