Sugino, Suntour, Shimano, sorry no Sakae...

I recently had a nice experience selling a frame through Chainlink and thought I'd put some misc parts up here as well as CL.  Though it's a much smaller audience, there seems to be a higher class of people in here. ;- )  These are mostly things that came with project bikes, and I just want to clear stuff out so I can find the things I need to work on my own damn bikes!

Most of the original stuff I put up is gone (Mafac brakes, 27" and 700c wheels, a few pedal pairs, etc.) so here are some others:

Shimano 'Light Action' mini group: shifters, FD and RD, cable guide.  From a Miyata 110 c. 1986, where they were working perfectly.  Early Shimano indexed drive system.  PLUS EXTRAS:  1st gen "600" FD (missing clamp screw and roller screw), late 'Exage' FD, plus downtube cable stop, in case you have bar ends or 'brifters.'  A steal at $35!

Sugino 'Messenger' Chainring, 42t, 130 BCD aka P(itch) CD, for 1/8" chain.   A high priced and well regarded chainring, retails for $90 at Ben's...I think it's now discontinued.   I got this and the below as part of a package of parts, and have never used either.  In fact it does not look to me like this was actually ever used, though it has some 'shopwear.'  Let's say $SOLD.

Origin-8 Chainring, 46t, 144BCD.  Again a nice clean chainring, possibly never even used.  $20.

Suntour GPX mini-group: shifters, FD, and RD.  All a bit rough and dirty, but complete and seem to be perfectly functional.  Suntour made good stuff and though their first indexing system (Accushift) was not well regarded, you may find it works just fine..besides this will always work in friction.  $35...or you tell me.  If you really, really like Suntour, I have (oddly enough) a complete GPX group in great condition...obviously priced accordingly.

Shimano 'Sante' FD, slathered in 80s 'designer' anodizing.  Just the thing to complete that group?  A friend says that any working FD is worth $5, beyond that it's just aesthetics.   This one has some wear but is still darn aesthetic...$15 or...?

Kusuki/Winpista handlebars, off a late 80s Centurion 'Ironman.'  Nice basic bars, set up with grooves for aero brake routing.  Lightweight, regular width (40cm CtC), 25.4 clamp diameter.  $15.

Replies through here go through the chainlink system which then links to my email, and I think we have to be 'friends' here to exchange messages.  So be it!

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Permalink Reply by Albany Park Al on March 28, 2013 at 8:03am

Shamelessly bumping my own post...feel free to make offers.  

Or, you could note that these fancy alloy 'wheels' and 'tires' are not really necessary, that your own bike rides on iron hoops salvaged from a scrapyard and though it can take all afternoon to go a mile and the ride could break up kidneystones, you LIKE it that way!!!

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on March 28, 2013 at 8:27am

Now I want to see what the bike most of these parts came off of looks like, and what you are going to do with it.   I didn't see the BF post so now I need to go stalk your profile and see what you got.

Why wasn't the bike rideable?  Fork looked bend? ;)

The Maillard pedals with the Campy toe clips look nice.  I've got a set of old 105 pedals with the flat 3-hole clips that I can't find stainless cages for any longer in my fat wide size so I moved to eggbeaters.  I wonder if those Campy clips could be adapted to the 105 style pedals. 

Permalink Reply by Albany Park Al on March 28, 2013 at 8:36am

These came from several different places.  The 700c rear and 27" front however were on the Fuji frame I sold through Chainlink last week...which gives you an idea of the care that had been taken in its 'build,' which was no doubt 'epic' to the guy who had done it.  

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on March 28, 2013 at 10:10am

Every bike and bike part tells a story.   That is one reason why I just love to read CL bike listings, and the listings here on TCL.    

I really enjoy buying and selling on CL and also on here.  I've met a lot of great Chicago area riders and wrenchers buying and selling bikes and parts and enjoy the heck out of all the interactions.  I met some of my best friends in this city buying and selling parts right here on The Chainlink, and on Craigslist.  The "bad" experiences have been few and far between.   The worst thing that ever happened to me as a seller was having a misunderstanding about where I told someone I would meet them and them calling me up in tizzy yelling at me for "standing them up."  When I finally calmed them down and explained them exactly where I was and that I was still there and would wait for them to come back they chi11axed and everything worked out OK even though they low-balled my bike as they were just window-shopping.  Not a big deal, I sold the bike the next day for what it was listed for -it even came back to me for some service this week years later.

Some stuff is deal-priced and other stuff is top-notch and goes for top-dollar prices. This bike was the latter.   But it is all good.  One can't make a sale on every contact but with my restored bikes I usually sell 9 of 10 of them to the first buyer at the listed price -even if they might take a few days or a week to get a bite. 

Permalink Reply by Albany Park Al on April 4, 2013 at 2:22pm

Bump to note almost complete turnover of parts! 

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