So at this time’s submit might be form of a non-post, what with at this time being a nationwide vacation and all, however additional to yesterday’s submit I’m going to share a pair bikes that made the journey with me from Queens and want new houses. Right here’s one in every of them:
I don’t know the yr 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 develop into accustomed to Rivendae it’s so mild that after I lifted it I by chance misplaced management of it and it will up in a tree. Wheels are hand constructed, most likely Velocity rims (proprietor was an obsessive de-labler and if a emblem might be eliminated then he eliminated it, although do I do know he preferred 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 comprehend it’s SRAM Pressure 10 velocity, although the rear shifter is SRAM Crimson, 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 nearly 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 Street Bike:
It has a SRAM Rival 10 velocity drivetrain with Pressure shifters and Shimano 105 hubs. I’m not 100% positive the wheels are hand constructed however most certainly they’re, as a result of this belonged to somebody with the endurance to construct wheels and an nearly pathological aversion to “wheelsets.”
These bikes could be yours. I need them to be yours. I at the moment have them listed them in a half-assed trend on the Hell Sight (that’s the Checklist of Craig). You’re welcome to search 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 perhaps they’re very excessive. I do not know. As a semi-professional blogger and the Basic Cycles Previous Crap Take a look at Pilot I’m utterly indifferent from real-world pricing.
In the event you’re involved in both of those bikes and need to make me a suggestion, I’d suggest emailing me with a value that makes you are feeling 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 may extract most worth out of those bikes and parts and haggle with folks 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 folks 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 residence constructing already full his personal bikes, and has a household who counts of him for…nicely, I’m not good for a lot, however I can boil pasta. So if I can discover houses for these bikes, make some cash for a superb trigger, and make somebody who reads this weblog actually blissful as a result of she or he scored an amazing bike for an amazing value, then I’d name that an excellent end result. (All the higher if I don’t should lease a storage unit, which is turning into an more and more actual chance.) As a motorcycle blogger I’ve lucked into some nice offers over time, in order weblog readers you need to luck into some nice offers too.
(However be capable to come choose up the bike if attainable. Not having to journey or to ship a motorcycle is price some huge cash to me. In the event you don’t commonly pack and ship bikes then you haven’t any thought what a chore it’s. Hey, perhaps we are able to even go for a experience.)
Thanks for studying, and benefit from the vacation.
–Tan Tenovo
