Score!

I didn't see any stamps or markings on the bars.

Where would they be stamped?

I didn't remove them from the stem, as the bolts were really tight and I wanted to let the WD 40 soak in before I tried to loosen the bolts. (don't wanna strip them out now after all these years...)

Yup that's a score and a half, still laughing about the karate kid crack, good on you.

Definately a KEEPER. Nice score there,bet it fits you good in comparison to a 20" too.

I got a bunch of offers on this bike...

But, I don't know what it is worth.

Should I take $550? or part it out?

550 SOUNDS GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But My $551 is better....j/k...
Nice looking bike...sure it went or is going to a good new home. Man...whatcha gonna do with the 550 beans....that could turn into some nice F/S gear....hint hint...

Jon

It is definately a valuable bike.$550.00 doesn't sound too bad either way?It would be less of a hassle to sell it all together as well.Value is subjective especially on this stuff.Good luck on whatever you do.Plus it sounds like you aren't really into the bike soo you could buy a bunch of nice FS gear as Jon says!

Jim

the bars will be stamped in the middle of them- take them out of the stem and the stamp would be there. Nice score indeed.

As far as the "freewheel" is concerned, those are Shimano DX cassette hubs...Ginny Rini has them, and they're also on eBay. It the mechanism is toast, you can always buy a new hub...they're surprisingly cheap.

The sprocket has Pete's precision products.

I've never heard of that, is it some homemade part?

I'd buy it for $550. Quite a find.

what a find! the stem alone will drag you good quality loot - think carefully.

Some more questions...








What kind of seatpost is this? year?

The bottom bracket has schwinn marked on every piece except the bolt (even the bearings), it has two hearts next to the stamping on the bearing chases. Is that anything special?

The headset is marked mongoose I am assuming it too is from late 70's to early 80's?

Any idea of what kind of cranks these are? year?

The stem is in great shape, a couple of scratches but the threads are clean and the inside of the stem isn't worn (no slippage ever).

The bars are marked with the mongoose logo and say mongoose, stainless steel.

What year are the grips?

The forks have a 7 inch tube, will they fit other bikes? or just the two four?

should I split up the forks and frame? The frame has the slight damage from the kickstand, but the forks are perfect.

I guess I asked too many questions.

Those look like SCHWINN cranks as well.There should be a date code on them somewhere.

Sell the frame,fork and bars together.You should probably just sell it whole.Less of a hassle and the bike has stayed together all these years already.....

Personally, I'd sell everything seperately- frame, fork, spokes, remove the decals and sell them individually, sell each ball bearing seperately, etc...

that WAS a really beautiful survivor (although the tractor tires were kinda fugly)

Good luck!

Beautiful find !!!

I'd keep it and ride it instead of selling it though.


Tony
Bicycle Junkie

Wow, you guys are touchy...

The first thing I do when I get a bike is strip it down.

Clean everything, remove all the old dirt, caked in grease, and grime and rebuilt it fresh with new grease and everything property done. (I've built a bike for Kevin Jones back in the day, when I was done he said it was perfect, with zero changes needed).

The headset was so tight the bars wouldn't turn, and the bottom bracket was loose. The only thing done right was the stem. I figured I'd find busted bearings and stuff.

You guys are acting like I murdered a "survivor".

I haven't decided what to do with it yet...

Its a bike. albeit old its still a bike, I got it off the front porch of a house, and trust me it would have been in the rain and rusted to a nice brown patina if I hadn't come along. And the comments on here were that the parts weren't very good.

I was offered good money, but when I said OK, they "changed" their mind, so I was trying to keep it all together. But, the only solid guy will only pay $400 for it, and that includes shipping.

So, I'd make about $350...

I had my old school custom flatland bike up until about a year ago, I was offered $300 for it.

I parted it out and got $1,000 for it.

Like everyone else, I've got bills to pay. I need to get the most for it I can.

The comments I have gotten are that the frame is damaged from the kickstand, well, the forks are perfect, so it is only logical that if I sell the perfect forks with the damaged frame I will get less money, because the frame value will lower the forks value...

If it is so important to keep it all together than where are your offers?

Would you have sold it for $350...

I don't think so.

Thats Tops! well done!!

From now on I will keep my eye open for old BMX bikes...

I'm glad I didn't accept the $400...

frame and fork

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...AMESO%3AIT&rd=1

stem

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...AMESO%3AIT&rd=1

bars

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...AMESO%3AIT&rd=1

The Dia compe lever went for .99
Seatpost for $5.50
Grips for $7.50

These haven't finished yet...

24 Araya Wheels

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...AMESE%3AIT&rd=1

Mongoose headset

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...AMESE%3AIT&rd=1

Schwinn cranks and bottom bracket

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...AMESE%3AIT&rd=1

Pete's precision products chainring and Sugino MX A6

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...AMESE%3AIT&rd=1

KKT pedals for one piece cranks.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...AMESE%3AIT&rd=1

Needless to say, I was pretty shocked at what this stuff went for...

Old School BMX is cool!

Good for you. I would have done the same.

I'll trade my HARO Dave Mirra freestyler for it.