Last week I found this old Ten speed at the dump, well its not a 'real ' dump just a
mini dump to save space in the landfills, yard waste is free but any thing else you
want to chuck you have to use coupons.
after cleaning out 'X's truck I look over to the metals sec . a few bikes are sitting their
so I grabed this one it was all together flat tires but had a dirty and gum like coating
So I thought this was just an ave. piece of crap bike made in the far east you know
a one year wonder that starts to fall apart soon as you ride it hard- no no no!
Raleigh Grand Prix made in Nottingham England, Holy crap batman!
Nottingham England wasn't that the home of whats his name you know the
cat who stole from the rich and gave to the poor?
Anyway it's got some neat comp. and cleaned up well with soap and water
went to the Sheldon Brown site and it looks like it was made in 1976 and sold in
the U.S. for about $160, even has an original rear Raleigh Racer tire-
whats the chance 30 year old rubber is going to hold air?
20 min. latter I'm hauling ass down the street trying to up shift -its got some gearing,
you need leg power to make this Raleigh sing not like the sissy boy mtn bikes
of today, and then I get a slight panic ' how am I going to stop this thing" you got
to bend over 'cause the brakes are down low. Still the best price-Free
But this weeks find really blows my mind!!!
what would you pay for an old snow blower?
Yeah it looks goofy right out of the 50s but damn think about all that back pain
your going to miss next winter?
twice a year the local Newspaper teams up with Rutgers U. and holds a giant
yard sale in the parking lot on campus last year I almost nailed a flare gun-more
like a hand cannon I could of rolled a golf ball down its barrel- nuts but ten bucks?
I passed on that one.
I told my friends -you wake up in bed and smell rat gut booze and then realize you haven't
been drinking tonight so you turn over and some 'Helter Skelter rat gut wine breath freak is standing over your bed with a dumb ass grin- what do you do?
you point this hand-fuckin-cannon at him that is under a pillow and watch his grin turn
to terror, well maybe I should of offered $5 for it?
I felt sorry for the green machine, nobody wanted it so I took it home for $15
A can of Brake cleaner and dark green paint new plugs and a re-torque of its head
and I bet it fires right up.
mini dump to save space in the landfills, yard waste is free but any thing else you
want to chuck you have to use coupons.
after cleaning out 'X's truck I look over to the metals sec . a few bikes are sitting their
so I grabed this one it was all together flat tires but had a dirty and gum like coating
So I thought this was just an ave. piece of crap bike made in the far east you know
a one year wonder that starts to fall apart soon as you ride it hard- no no no!
Raleigh Grand Prix made in Nottingham England, Holy crap batman!
Nottingham England wasn't that the home of whats his name you know the
cat who stole from the rich and gave to the poor?
Anyway it's got some neat comp. and cleaned up well with soap and water
went to the Sheldon Brown site and it looks like it was made in 1976 and sold in
the U.S. for about $160, even has an original rear Raleigh Racer tire-
whats the chance 30 year old rubber is going to hold air?
20 min. latter I'm hauling ass down the street trying to up shift -its got some gearing,
you need leg power to make this Raleigh sing not like the sissy boy mtn bikes
of today, and then I get a slight panic ' how am I going to stop this thing" you got
to bend over 'cause the brakes are down low. Still the best price-Free
But this weeks find really blows my mind!!!
what would you pay for an old snow blower?
Yeah it looks goofy right out of the 50s but damn think about all that back pain
your going to miss next winter?
twice a year the local Newspaper teams up with Rutgers U. and holds a giant
yard sale in the parking lot on campus last year I almost nailed a flare gun-more
like a hand cannon I could of rolled a golf ball down its barrel- nuts but ten bucks?
I passed on that one.
I told my friends -you wake up in bed and smell rat gut booze and then realize you haven't
been drinking tonight so you turn over and some 'Helter Skelter rat gut wine breath freak is standing over your bed with a dumb ass grin- what do you do?
you point this hand-fuckin-cannon at him that is under a pillow and watch his grin turn
to terror, well maybe I should of offered $5 for it?
I felt sorry for the green machine, nobody wanted it so I took it home for $15
A can of Brake cleaner and dark green paint new plugs and a re-torque of its head
and I bet it fires right up.
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my dreams of running with the Modern metal of todays road bikes
kind of died, I wound it up a long time on top end but its 30 lbs
and not even a top of the line bike back in '76' still its gearing
and simplex shifting make it fun, put new tires and tubes on
and had the front blow up in my hand- never fill a new bike tire
with an HD air pump= bang ha ha ha.
it needs a name for luck sake, hmm maybe Robin?
xox