Old Ten Speed Gallery

I stumble upon a lot of really great websites while researching 10-speeds. Often these sites are either individuals who purchase old ten speed and clean them up to resell them, or they are bike shops who carry an extensive collection of used bike. Today on the Monday Market I am featuring one such shop in Warwick, Rhode Island. Siesta Bicycle Service has nice selection of bargain priced used bikes and 10 speeds on their website. Below are a few of my favorites.
Women’s Bridgestone Kabuki 10-speed $70

Jeunet Franche Comte 10-Speed $120

X-Large Nishiki Frame $50

Since I haven’t done a Found on Flickr in a while, I thought Leap Year Day certainly called for one. Today on flickr, I found this hapless and unassuming Motobecane Nomad II. The owner, like so many others, was announcing his recent acquisition of the perfectly serviceable 10-speed and his further plans to emasculate it.

Unfortunately, I came upon this bike far too late to talk him out of it. As you can see from the picture below, the deal has been done. Worst of all, the 39×16 is going to really limit the potential of this once proud ten speed.

Why, after all the effort of conversion, does the owner choose to photograph his mobile spin class on the non drive side? Why does anyone, for that matter, ever photograph their bike on the non drive side? I can think of few less flattering poses.

This late 70s Takara Mixte, sent in by Kiki, ranks among my favorite to this point. I love that the duffel bag strapped to the back of her seat looks big enough to carry two pounds of chicken salad and a case of High Life (my favorite snacks for a long ride). I also like this Takara because it reminds me of my own favorite ride, a purple mens Takara of the same vintage. Thanks for the entry Kiki.

Hey — submitted for your viewing pleasure is an old Takara (late 70s?) that a friend passed on to me after being given it by a student.

All original, down to the Cannondale seat duffle. If the rust on the lugs isn’t too deep, this could turn out to be a bit better than crappy. It feels like a gas pipe frame, but it has a Sugino Maxy crank, Suntour derailleurs and Diacomp brakes. A lot of scratches and superficial rust.

It seems to be a pretty close copy of the Peugeot UO18s-19s.

Mark from Long Island is back again, and this time he’s not messing around. His last offering was very nicely repurposed Bianchi Sprint which still to this day is the only OTS on here with Campy components. I love your Bianchi Mark, but Campy is a little high brow for the OTSG.:) This time, Mark took it up a notch (down several notches if we based it solely on seat height) with this Schwinn Caliente complete with a seatstay marring rear rack, foam grips and covetous white cable housings. This Caliente also sports a textbook BOS, but I have a feeling that Mark may have completely disregarded the maximum insertion mark simply for our enjoyment. Thanks Mark.

Here is a 1980’s era Schwinn Caliente. I found this for sale outside someone’s house for $35 in almost mint condition. It comes complete with stem mounted shifters, Shimano Tourney derailleurs, foam handlebar grips, and suicide levers. It has recently been given Northend bars and new brake levers for my girlfriend. I dont think bikes get more ten speed than this one.

I have been out of town the past few days and have had no time to research any 10-speed buys for the Monday Market (Be sure to check out my “old 10-speeds for less than $200″ craigslist feeds.). I will instead observe this Presidents Day the way it should be - with a girl’s 10-speed. Jon in Oregon sent me this very nice Centurion girl’s ten-speed which I was very disappointed to hear he does not ride! I cannot imagine what he could possibly have his stable that would keep him from frequenting his Sunday club ride on this demonstration in manhood.

I own this but do not ride it, as I’m not a little girl. It lives behind my shed.

Borrowing a page out of BSNYC’s book - I think this bike bares a striking resemblance to my childhood favorite.

Thanks Jon