Nishiki Seral Cafe Road Bike

I bought this Nishiki 12 speed road bike two weekends ago. That weekend was a good weekend for bikes. I bought a total of 6 bikes that weekend. A Columbia woman's 5 speed, a Phillips woman's internal 3 speed, this Nishiki, 2 Specialized Rockhoppers, and one Nashbar branded 12 speed. The cool thing is all of the bike were sizes that I could ride.

Anyway, this Nishiki was a project for me. I have aways been hesitant to work on my own bikes. My father was a mechanic but I did not seem to acquire some of the same skills. I was able to put in a new handle bar stem, straight handle bars, new brake cables, new tubes and tires. I think it turned pretty cool looking. I love riding it around.

A before pictures of the Nishiki. The Nashbar brand black road bike next to it.

Puch and Panasonic Road Bikes

A few weekends ago I bought 4 bikes at a MS fund raising tag sale. 2 bikes for the kids and two road bikes that were in nice shape. I decided the morning that I didn't need two more road bikes so I posted the Puch and the Panasonic on Craigslist and with in 30 minutes I got a call from a guy that wanted the bikes. 30 minutes after that he came and got them. Fast turn around. The Puch was a huge frame bike. 36 inch stand over height and the Panasonic was 33 inch stand over height, both bikes too big for me. I did save the Puch head badge and it is now on my walking stick. What can I say, I love bicycles.

Cannondale ST500

A week before I left for San Diego in May I sold my Cannondale ST500. She was a beautiful bike but I felt it was time to sell it sense I have my new road bike that I bought 3 years ago and I was not riding it because I would take the Cannondale out. I bought the Cannondale from Dave at Ye Old Bike Shop (Peddling Pushing) for $250 about 5 years ago. The bike was like new when I got it and like new when I sold it. I sold it for $240 so $10 for 5 years of use was not bad at all. I will miss the metallic blue flake paint. According to the serial number this bike was made in 1985. Thanks for the years of faithful service. I hope your new owner treats you good.

What can I say, I love bicycles. I have loved them since I was a kid. The first bike that I really remember and that I had a long time was a Schwinn metallic green stingray. It had a fat dirt tire in the rear and a skinny street tire in the front. It was an eclectic bicycle, the see was off a beach cruiser for my fat butt, my Dad had to buy a reinforced seat post after I bent the one that was on the bike and everything was just a miss match.

Anyway, I want to us this bicycle for my interest and one of them is bicycles. I'm going to post pictures of bicycles I have had and ones I have now. The bike in this picture is a pearl white Peugeot made in France. I bought it at a tag sale for $7 a few years ago. I was so excited to get it. I had been keeping an eye out for a Peugeot. My parents had a 504 station wagon when I was growing up so this was fitting that I have a Peugeot bicycle as well. When I got it, it had steel wheel on it. I had some nice aluminium wheels and grey/blue Kevlar tires I put on the bike. I was such a nice looking bicycle. It was a little too big for me, but I road it all over the place. I don't know why I sold it, but I seem to play with bikes for a while and then sell them. I believe the bike was from Canada because it had a aluminum plate on it with a Quebec address on it. Like I said it was a really cool bike. I wish I knew more about Peugeot bike and I could explain more but I can on this one.