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Eats Squid
Whilst walking home from placement last week I noticed a tired looking bike surrounded by garbage dumped in a car parking lot. On quick glance I noticed some mavic rims and shimano bits and pieces but decided to keep walking. After pondering what might happen to the bike I decided to give it another look and noticed splashing's of Shimano 600 gear, which I vaguley remembered as being somewhat valuable in the vintage bike world.
Some quick googling reveals the bike is a 1998 or so model Wheeler 7100T with Shimano Ultegra 6500 and Shimano 600 running gear. For a 20 year old bike it doesn't appear to have seen much use, although it has certainly succumbed to some damage from the coastal air. Anything steel has rusted, the tyres, whilst modern Conti's that are barely worn, are cracked and the cables have perished. Aside from that, the rim braking surfaces are good and all bearings are smooth with no play.
My original plan was to just get it ride-able and use it as my beach/pub bike, however I'm beginning to wonder if it's a little too nice for that and whether it warrants some more love. Does this thing have any value? Will anyone be offended if I throw out some of the parts, like the old Profile Tri Bars?
I'll fix it up over the coming weeks/months and if nothing, it'll be fun to work on a bike again
Some quick googling reveals the bike is a 1998 or so model Wheeler 7100T with Shimano Ultegra 6500 and Shimano 600 running gear. For a 20 year old bike it doesn't appear to have seen much use, although it has certainly succumbed to some damage from the coastal air. Anything steel has rusted, the tyres, whilst modern Conti's that are barely worn, are cracked and the cables have perished. Aside from that, the rim braking surfaces are good and all bearings are smooth with no play.
My original plan was to just get it ride-able and use it as my beach/pub bike, however I'm beginning to wonder if it's a little too nice for that and whether it warrants some more love. Does this thing have any value? Will anyone be offended if I throw out some of the parts, like the old Profile Tri Bars?
I'll fix it up over the coming weeks/months and if nothing, it'll be fun to work on a bike again
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