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is a more-or-less up to date listing of what's available. I will be adding more as I have time. I've got 20-some bikes in a little old Portland house and they've got to go. Some of these bikes are standard models, some are show bikes, and some are design/development prototypes that got wrung out and put away.
The prices listed are aspirational and to some extent negotiable. Shipping and payPal fees additional They will be covered by Thursday's standard warranty.
Christmas 2022! .. there were bikes at The Goods BMX shop, in Portland, OR, which closed during the plague and left no forwarding address. Oh well ... I imagine some lucky kid is riding it somewhere Check out!
Ain't it gorgeous?
This was a show bike and a prototype designed for one purpose: to win the Four-cross World Cup.
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Read about it here: Copa del Mundo . This bicycle was ridden down some pretty severe technical but never crashed. It spent most of its life as a show bike
and is in like-new condition. It is designed for four-cross but with an inch and a half of adjustment at the chainstay, can be ridden in hardtail class DH races. The bike currently
has a single-crown Marzocchi "Shiver" fork and 3" Surly "Knard" tires.
I would like to get $2,500.00 plus shipping for the complete bicycle.
NEW, never built up VIDA LOCA 20" disc brake frame and fork
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This is a pro XL 20" BMX racing bike, sized for an adult rider 5’ 9" or so to around 6’ 2" (more or less). This is a bike you can win races on, one that will bring out the best in you. This frame is exceptionally stiff laterally, especially in the rear triangle. It hooks up NOW when you lay into the pedals. It is also a frame with good riding qualities, just enough give in the vertical direction so it won’t burn out your knees. You can ride this one all day.
This particular frame is set up with a mid bottom bracket and internal hose routing for a hydraulic disc brake. It has a 1 1/4" seat tube that takes a 29.8mm seatpost. I like the Thomson and keep them in stock, otherwise it can be a tough size to find. This is a frameset and includes a painted-to-match SuperCross 20mm axle fork.
This frame has never been built up, but was shown at the last Oregon Handmade show, and was on display at HUB Brewing on Williams for a while. The headset is a Woodman sealed-bearing unit.
This is race geometry, for riders who know what they are doing. The bottom bracket is high enough you won’t hook a pedal going low on a turn and the steering is fast enough the bike won’t try to run up the berm. It will go where you point it. This frame will give you an edge on the first straight, setting up for a jump, or coming out of a turn.
Top Tube – 22”
Seat Tube – 9”
Chainstay length – 14.5” slammed
Bottom bracket height – 12”
Head tube angle – 74 degrees
Seat tube angle – 71 degrees
Material – heat-treated Reynolds chrome moly top and down tubes, aircraft grade chrome moly stays and seat tube, Schneider head tube, Solid works BB shell. This is a welded frame
I am asking $750 for this frame.
Thursday Bicycles’ standard 1-year warranty applies to this new frame.
Schwinn Superior # 7
This bike was built from leftover Paramount tubes and lugs by Don Mainland in Racine WI. Don was Marc Mueller's mentor! I have never seen nicer
brazing ...
I bought this bike years ago in Phoenix. It had a ghastly black metalflake, rattlecan paint job and half the original equipment was missing.
I did add braze-ons for upper rack mounts, shifter bosses and cable stops, made up some wheels and rode it for years. Currently the bike is
refinished in its original color, but without the cheesy original decals. I did add the Reynolds 531 decals as in the original ... the decal says
the fork blades are 531, but the fork is actually a Tange. The frame has its original Paramount headbadge.
The seat tube measures out to 25 inches (63.5 cm) center-to-center; top tube is 23 inches (58.4 cm)c-c; chainstay is around 17 inches (43 cm).
Equipment is an upgrade mix of NR and SR, with Ambrosio 700c rims on NR high flange hubs. New CST Caldera tires, new 6-speed Shimano freewheel, new cables, new chain. The equipment is in good shape. The bike is a 60cm.
Read about it here: Velocipede Salon and here Velocipede Salon for sale
I will include a set of 700c wheels, Araya rims and Sunshine America LF hubs, as the Ambrosios are more for showing class than riding hard. More photos available. I'd like to get $2,500 for this historic bicycle
I built this for my son back in the day. He came up with the name "Phantom of the Opera" and he rode it everywhere.
He also raced it at Duke City BMX in Albuquerque. It is an early effort and pretty much sticks to the standard pro geometry of the day.
The frame has water bottle mounts because the kid was riding it everywhere and we were living in the high desert. Years later this frame was raced a
season at Coeur d’Alene’s Cherry Hill BMX by a talented kid whose single mom couldn’t afford a bike just then.
The geometry on this bike is a little more forgiving than on a pro 20-incher. A little lower BB height, and little slower steering, just 'cause an 11-year-old kid
is not riding at the same level as the pros (yet)
This is a complete bike with top-of-the line, “old skool” equipment. The wheels were built by Primo with Odyssey T-1000 rims on DK sealed hubs; crank is a Primo Powerbite. Odyssey stem. Bars and fork are SuperCross, later addition (originally had SE bars and fork). A small adult rider might want to replace the fork with something like a SuperCross Pro Fork; the current setup is just fine for any rider under 110 pounds.
Top Tube – 20 7/8”
Chainstay length – 14 1/2” slammed
Bottom bracket height – 11 5/8”
Head tube angle – 72.5 degrees
Seat tube angle – 71 degrees
Material - Reynolds 525 frame tubes, aircraft grade chrome moly stays
Thursday Bicycles’ standard 1-year warranty applies to the refurbished frame.
If I ever get this bike back! It was at The Goods BMX shop and wherever those guys are, that's where it is ... I guess.
52 cm C-C seat tube 54 cm top tube 73/73 seat and steering angles Rear axle spacing is a loose 126mm.
This is a vintage top-of-the-line Japanese hand-brazed frame built with (I believe) Tange Champion butted tubing. It was made by Kawamura, and has “NISHIKI KAWAMURA” stamped into the Tange Levin headset. I bought the bicycle at a thrift store in Albuquerque for its equipment. No rust, never crashed. The frame was too nice to throw away. Years later a client asked me to set it up as a rando/touring bike, I added canti braze-ons, rear cable stop, two sets of water bottle bosses, and shifter bosses. I added a second set of rear lower rack mounts to take 6mm (as opposed to 5mm) bolts and added 5mm fittings on the seatstays for a four-point rack mount. The original 5mm rack and fender mounts, including front rack mounts, are retained.
The client changed his mind, decided he wanted a bike with 650B wheels, so there it sat. I moved my shop into a smaller space recently, so this is one frame that has to go.
I saved as much of the original paint and decals as I could, primed and painted the scorched areas. The closest paint match I had was Schwinn Paramount “anniversary black.” I followed with a PPG 2-part urethane clear with a tiny bit of gold pearl mixed in. The clear can be rubbed if desired for a custom-grade finish. The bike looks good.
Also included with the frame is the original Tange Levin JIS headset, VO shift cable adjuster stops, Origin8 26.6 seatpost and a DiaCompe hanger for the front cantilever brakes.
This is a frame that will build up nicely with vintage equipment. It originally had a Sugino Mighty triple crank and Suntour Cyclone derailleurs. If desired, the 126mm rear axle spacing can be easily adjusted to 130 or 135mm without damaging the frame.
This is a bicycle for long rides. The geometry is for touring – the long front cabin lets you stretch out on those long days, where the miles roll along and your body seems to grow.
I would like to get $300 or offer for this bike.
The Campy Hi-flange hubs shown in the pictures are not included in the sale, but are available for an extra $60.00
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This is a high-end mountain bike, looks to be 1987-88 vintage.
It has a Tange double-butted chrome-moly frame and fork and looks to me like it was built by Bridgestone.
It has Bridgestone’s combination of TIG-welding, lugs and brazed-up rear triangle.
It has the relaxed, semi-road bike geometry typical of that time and would make a great gravel bike. The catalog says 70 degree steering angle
and 72 degree seat tube. Seat tube is 47 CM and top tube is 55 Cm center-to-center. Chainstay length is 45 CM. The bottom bracket has some drop, I’m thinking somewhere between 11 and 12 inches BB height.It has the relaxed, semi-road bike geometry
typical of that time and would make a great gravel bike. The catalog says 70 degree steering angle and 72 degree seat tube. Seat tube is 47 CM and
top tube is 55 Cm center-to-center.
The bike has a 1-inch threaded fork, so you have to use a quill stem for it.
This bike has rack mounts front and rear, 2 sets of water bottle bosses, and braze-ons to hold three spare spokes along the right chainstay. The only mod I did on this frame was to add rear V-brake bosses.
I left the mounts for the underslung roller brake in place. The paint and decals were pretty decent so all I did was wash it, lightly sand it, prime and shoot some close-match Imron on a couple bad spots, then shoot a clearcoat.
From six feet away it looks like new. 1980s-vintage poison green!
Included with the frame are a decent Kalloy seatpost and a new Tange Levin Campy copy headset.
I’d like to get $250/offer for this frameset.
New
24" disk brake 24" cruiser, welded Reynolds 525. Show
bike, built with Profile equipment in an understated gold and black. Never raced, barely ridden!
Gloss black paint with ghost flames in gold and lavender pearl. This
bike has the internal disk brake hose routing. Frame and fork $1,000,
complete bike for $2550.
Standard geometry
Top Tube – 21.5”
Seat Tube – 11”
Chainstay length – 15” slammed
Bottom bracket height – 12”
Head tube angle – 72.5 degrees
Seat tube angle – 71 degrees
Prototype
frame for the "New Model." This
is
a fillet brazed frame only or frame and fork w/headset and stem built up from Columbus Zona. Showed at the
2007 Handbuilt Show, then test-ridden that summer. Jumped a lot but
never crashed or abused. Kandy red fade to Aztec gold metallic with
glitter, for that look of understated elegance. Paint has some chipping along chainstays.
This frame has a
fixed 16" chainstay length with Breezer dropouts. The disc brake mount was added later and I left the V-brake mounts in place. It handles
fast and is at its best in technical situations where you are riding out of the saddle.
Comes with a lightly used Marzocchi Bomber fork, 5" travel
and butter-smooth ride, also headset and Origin8 riser stem.
$700 plus
shipping. $625 w/o fork.
Top Tube – 23” effective, 21.5" c-c
Seat Tube – 15”
Chainstay length – 16”
Bottom bracket height – 12.5”
Head tube angle – 71 degrees
Seat tube angle – 71 degrees
Tubing specs: Columbus HT cro-moly main tubes and aircraft grade seamless chrome-moly stays
Top tube: 1.25" x .8-.5-.8 mm
Down tube: 1.375" x .8-.5-.8 mm
Seat tube: 1.25" x .9-.6 mm w/ reinforcing sleeve at seat cluster
Stays: .75" x .035" chrome moly
This was a bike inspired by the move to Portland. It is purpose-built as a single speed,with the added ability
to accomodate a 50mm rear tire. This bike's front fork won't do that, but swapping out a fork is easy. This is a welded 54cm frame built for a female rider.
Frame weight is well under four pounds!
There were some minor frame mods - a cutout in the drive-side chainstay to accomodate a close-in
chainwheel, flat black epoxy primer and not easily noticed. The bike is completely equipped with good new of vintage equipemnt, was shown but only slightly ridden.
I would like to get $1,000 for this complete bike.
This is the bike: Chaos Theory
note: neither of these bikes includes the wheels, I just put them on for shooting the photos.
The ITALY BIKE ... SOLD!!
This is the first of these bikes I made. I wrung it out pretty well for a year riding locally, then took it to Italy. Rode the Amalfi Coast 3 x, then down
the Tyrhennian Coast to Reggio di Calbria, across to Sicily, to Lipari Islands, on to Palermo and back then back to Reggio, rode the Ionian shore some ….
it was great, camping all the way. The bike performed flawlessly, the couplings never gave me any trouble, the loaded bike could be driven at
motorcycle speeds on those long, Italian descents.
This frameset comes with front and rear racks, Tange alloy Levin (campy copy) headset, Origin* micro-adjust seatpost and Velo Orange shifter cable stops
on its downtube bosses. It will accommodate V-brakes or cantis and has an arch cable stop brazed between the seatstays, Also included are a Tubus Vega rear rack with
4-point upper mounting and a Velo Orange “Constructeur” stainless fromt rack.
Like all my Camino Duro bikes, it uses the universally-available 26” tire and wheel, as well as driveline components you could find anywhere in the world.
The frame will take up to a 1.75” tire; I replaced it with one that can take 2” plus rubber.
This frame was silver-brazed with Tru-temper heat treated tubes, elaborate Sachs “Newvex” lugs, tailor-made chainstays, and a 1” threaded fork built on a Pacenti
twin-plate "Paris-Brest" crown. I freshened up the paint a couple years ago but it picked up a few chips.
This frame has some small dents under the downtube at the headtube joint, and a close inspection shows the coupling on the downtube is slightly cocked
(but solid and otherwise aligned).
I still see this tested and proven world traveller being ridden around Portland.
Seat tube: 59 cm
Top Tube: 60 cm
Chainstay: 44 cm
Seat tube angle: 72.5 degrees
Steering angle: 72 degrees
Fork trail: 52 mm
BB height to center: 271 mm
DAUGHTER of ITALY
This is a bike I made for my daughter, but marriage and children (hers, not mine) put an end to any chance of an Italian adventure tour with her and my son.
He’s using his bike, but she already had a bike and didn’t need another one. So here it is.
Never built up, never ridden, was in a few handmade shows cased up in the Breakaway suitcase
to show people how it packs down. This frame was silver-brazed with Tru-temper heat treated tubes, Henry James cast lugs, tailor-made chainstays, and a
1” threaded fork built on a Pacenti "Paris-Brest" twin-plate crown.
Included equipment: new Nitto Pearl 85 mm stem; used Sakae 40 cm rando bars; used VG condition Bontrager 170 mm, 130 BCD triple crankset with new sealed ISIS BB;
new Cane Creek 110 headset; new VO “Constructeur” stainless rear rack with solid-brazed four-point upper mount; new Origin8 micro-adjust seatpost; new Tektro drop bar
V-brake levers.
This is a killer deal at $1200 (frame-only list price) for everything. You can order it as is or have it built up to your specs.
Seat tube: 54 cm
Top Tube: 55 cm
Chainstay: 44 cm
Seat tube angle: 72.5 degrees
Steering angle: 72 degrees
Fork trail: 52 mm
BB height to center: 271 mm
