raleigh in da pink, hoping to go black

a risk has been taken, and the results will soon be known. I did the mitchell street auctions this morning leaving really early to ride down and check out the bikes. there were some good bargains, the aluminum frame i wanted i didn't get., nor the carbon but he girls/ ladies raleigh was going to be the best money spinner i was hoping. i will need to do some clean up work for it to be the show stopper it can be, and a good shoot will help the selling of it. for $50 i guess i should be able to recoup the costs... lets hope. some are going for around $300 now-a-days. its all in the ebay advertisement

hugo blow out

hugo decided he would blow the back tire on the way home tonight from the station. unfortunately i didn't have all the gear to do a tire change on the fly so i had to get a lift from karen and the boys. not good. it has made me re-think the whole station ride.
maybe i do need a mountain bike? just for durability
i am going to look more at 2nd hand ones for pricing. ahhh. just what i need. another bike idea. FFS

the SHC and the malvern were at the MA so i am trying to get them this monday, along with the REPCO. man if i get the repco we will be talking major cash upgrades. i bet it is gone though

ebay or die! update

i am blown away. what i thought would be a lucky to get 20$ in total for the crap laying around from the old camcorder... not to be the case. the two batteries went for 66$ dollars, one of the wide lenses for 61$ and the other for 10$.
it has boosted my spending money quiet considerably for the fixie projects.

i was unable to make it to the auction this morning for the single star malvern.
i repacked and set the BB spindle again on hugo with new bearings. it still feels a little loose. i will check it again tonight.

just got back from the auctions. i will be going down there regularly on monday mornings. there is a gold mine of bikes in there, but they do seem to turn around quiet regularly.