HARPO
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Well, in a moment of weakness (stupidity 
), I purchased not one, but three GIRLS Raleigh bikes. All were owned by the same family since new, and all are in various states of "sitting in the basement untouched for years" as I was told. I'm a sucker for one owner bikes, and these weren't that far from my house.
Another Facebook listing, the woman started them off at such a ridiculous price that they sat there. I liked the fact that two of the bikes had nice looking Brooks B72's on them, along with the harder to find pedals on the Superbe. So, I contacted her, explaining the volume of work needed (and missing parts like the rear rack on the Superbe and key and pumps). What is on the bikes are all original parts, including the dried out tires. Paint overall is in really nice condition.
I offered her what I thought was a fair price for what they were, and she accepted immediately (basically what the two saddles and one pair of Superbe pedals are worth). She just wanted them gone as she was cleaning house and needed them all gone in one pickup. She had even just listed them on Craigslist the day I contacted her again, and she said she was getting crazy calls about people wanting them delivered).
I never really looked to close when I went to get them, but told her you could basically date the bikes by the rear hub markings. Well, it threw me when I looked at just the one hub. It's marked "69 14". Since when do we have 14 months in a year?!
. I'll assume it was a stamping that should have been a 1 or a 4.
Anyway, here they are. Something to play with on these cold winter months (but in my warm house).
), I purchased not one, but three GIRLS Raleigh bikes. All were owned by the same family since new, and all are in various states of "sitting in the basement untouched for years" as I was told. I'm a sucker for one owner bikes, and these weren't that far from my house.Another Facebook listing, the woman started them off at such a ridiculous price that they sat there. I liked the fact that two of the bikes had nice looking Brooks B72's on them, along with the harder to find pedals on the Superbe. So, I contacted her, explaining the volume of work needed (and missing parts like the rear rack on the Superbe and key and pumps). What is on the bikes are all original parts, including the dried out tires. Paint overall is in really nice condition.
I offered her what I thought was a fair price for what they were, and she accepted immediately (basically what the two saddles and one pair of Superbe pedals are worth). She just wanted them gone as she was cleaning house and needed them all gone in one pickup. She had even just listed them on Craigslist the day I contacted her again, and she said she was getting crazy calls about people wanting them delivered).
I never really looked to close when I went to get them, but told her you could basically date the bikes by the rear hub markings. Well, it threw me when I looked at just the one hub. It's marked "69 14". Since when do we have 14 months in a year?!
. I'll assume it was a stamping that should have been a 1 or a 4.Anyway, here they are. Something to play with on these cold winter months (but in my warm house).
