Your Help is Desperately Needed

Help,

We heard a terrible story about these perfectly innocent bicycle components left stranded. Your help is desperately needed. Take note of the terrible plight of this collection of photos taken in what appears to be an operational home bike shop we found in MN. There is a group of lonely bicycle components scattered about of the Oxford residence in need of support. We find what appears to be a brand new Brooks Champion Flyer special. Has the owner gotten soft? I noticed a couple of Brooks Swifts scattered about too. Perhaps the owner is planning on breaking it in all as part of preparations and to soften out the rough stuff on the TransIowa

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The owner must be one of those dreaded Bag-Matchers because along with that new saddle, I spied matching antique brown leather tape stuffed away up on what appears to be the goody shelf...

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Turning the other direction, we see that it should wrap nicely around the Noodle bars that are hanging around the corner by the wheels off the Waterford. Check out the cool old stock Mavic brake levers...

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Those levers will be connected to these babies... new old-stock Suntour XC Pro cantilevers. Using the salmon pads that appear to have been removed from a pair of the old $h!+mano arms. Fortunately, they are kept company in waiting, viewed comfortably resting in the box-o-cantilevers.

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Not exactly sure how one might be able to rig up that front brake with the new Nitto front rack that we find on another shelf. It might just have to remain resting over on the other shelf, perhaps for use on another project?

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Before we get too carried away with adding racks... we will need to find a home for this little bugger. We'll have to re-address the headset adjustment and squeeze in this new hanger. Another carefully sanded and polished little gem sitting on the shelf. Drilled and tapped so that the bell threads into the side. Drilled out and slotted for an adjuster up front. So lonely, but mmmmm... wow, so shiny.


Piled high atop the little Rubbermaid tote full of take off parts from the Waterford, the Cannondale, and another bike... we see this lovely little 102mm length Campagnolo taper Phil Wood BB... A true diamond in the rough.

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That should mate up nicely with this little gem hanging beautifully on the peg board. Carefully machined of an inner lip and lovingly polished to a mirror finish... we find this nice low Q-Factor 172.5mm legged beauty...

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To protect and to serve... hiding behind the furnace by a couple of other wheels. The Berthoud Stainless fenders. Hmmmm... I just wondering how big of a tire a person might be able to squeeze under these...

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We find this set of wheels hanging where there appears were once have been a couple of bikes. The Waterford has been sold and finally got rid of that stupid Cannondale, and now there's a little extra room to breath. Sure, it's nice to provide a little company to the wheel off the Green Bike since I got the groovy new Schmidt hub.

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Topping things off and adding a tremendous amount of practicality to an otherwise interesting build we find this Nitto rear rack. Looks like a set of PA panniers stitched on and ready to go.

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The only thing missing is something to tie all of these lonely components and parts together to make something useful. The terrible plight of these parts all began back in early December. These parts have been patiently waiting... Though, sadly, due to impatience, some parts were sold or boxed for later use. These surviving parts though, are hanging on... waiting. Hoping to make room for others to follow. Anything that you can do that might help would be GREATLY appreciated.