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Looks like my garage. I must start selling some stuff over ebay.
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"B. Sanders" <[email protected]> wrote in news:vI_W9.761472$WL3.751394@rwcrnsc54:

> "Rincon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> FS: bike store contents 20k for $3800.00
>
>>Anyone want to get together and do a group deal?
>
>> http://members.cox.net/tazu/bike.htm
>
> What, and fight over the contents? Doesn't sound very workable, unless you can find a good way to
> split it up and haul it. Sweet deal for the right person, though. I'd like to see what frames are
> buried in there.
>
> -Barry
>
>

Not a very good description of what is here. There might be a few thousand in obsolete coaster brake
hub parts, $10,000 worth of Mafac left side only brake arms. (~:
 
"rorschandt" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "B. Sanders" <[email protected]> wrote in news:vI_W9.761472$WL3.751394@rwcrnsc54:
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> >> FS: bike store contents 20k for $3800.00
> >
> >>Anyone want to get together and do a group deal?
> >
> >> http://members.cox.net/tazu/bike.htm
> >
> > What, and fight over the contents? Doesn't sound very workable, unless you can find a good way
> > to split it up and haul it. Sweet deal for the right person, though. I'd like to see what frames
> > are buried in there.
> >
> > -Barry
> >
> >
>
> Not a very good description of what is here. There might be a few thousand in obsolete coaster
> brake hub parts, $10,000 worth of Mafac left side only brake arms. (~:

Heh. Yeah, that's kinda what I thought, too.

-Barry
 
rorschandt <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "B. Sanders" <[email protected]> wrote in news:vI_W9.761472$WL3.751394@rwcrnsc54:
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> > "Rincon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >> FS: bike store contents 20k for $3800.00
>
> >>Anyone want to get together and do a group deal?
>
> >> http://members.cox.net/tazu/bike.htm
> >
> > What, and fight over the contents? Doesn't sound very workable, unless you can find a good way
> > to split it up and haul it. Sweet deal for the right person, though. I'd like to see what frames
> > are buried in there.
> >
> > -Barry
> >
> >
>
> Not a very good description of what is here. There might be a few thousand in obsolete coaster
> brake hub parts, $10,000 worth of Mafac left side only brake arms. (~:

Hey!!! I live in Mesa. If I had a clue what bicycle parts where worth, I could go check it out.
What's a Mafac??? Would it sell on E-Bay?
 
Dear Junk Collectors, Contents of my garage excluding Corsa for sale $2,900, or I will pay you big
bucks to haul away.
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~ Al Kubeluis ~ Bacchetta Corsa ~ Maryland ~ USA ~

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> > "B. Sanders" <[email protected]> wrote in news:vI_W9.761472$WL3.751394@rwcrnsc54:
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> > > "Rincon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > >> FS: bike store contents 20k for $3800.00
> > >
> > >>Anyone want to get together and do a group deal?
> > >
> > >> http://members.cox.net/tazu/bike.htm
> > >
> > > What, and fight over the contents? Doesn't sound very workable, unless you can find a good way
> > > to split it up and haul it. Sweet deal for the right person, though. I'd like to see what
> > > frames are buried in there.
> > >
> > > -Barry
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Not a very good description of what is here. There might be a few
thousand
> > in obsolete coaster brake hub parts, $10,000 worth of Mafac left side
only
> > brake arms. (~:
>
> Heh. Yeah, that's kinda what I thought, too.
>
> -Barry
 
[email protected] (William Meacham) wrote in
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> rorschandt <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> >
>> >
>>
>> Not a very good description of what is here. There might be a few thousand in obsolete coaster
>> brake hub parts, $10,000 worth of Mafac left side only brake arms. (~:
>
> Hey!!! I live in Mesa. If I had a clue what bicycle parts where worth, I could go check it out.
> What's a Mafac??? Would it sell on E-Bay?
>

Mafac was(is?) a brand of dubious center-pull-brake used on just about every french ten speed in the
70s. A left brake arm would be of little use without the right. The point being that the advert
assigns a $ value that would be difficult to asses if it is realistic(i.e.:do you stand any chance
of selling the stuff at the value indicated?). Actually , old bike parts do sell on e-bay. But I am
no expert on what is collectible.

rorschandt
 
French? I always thought MAFAC was Italian because every Campy equipped Italian Racer I ever
encountered (lots btw) had a MAFAC toolcase. Guess it could've been French..just assummed. Oh Well
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> > rorschandt <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> Not a very good description of what is here. There might be a few thousand in obsolete coaster
> >> brake hub parts, $10,000 worth of Mafac left side only brake arms. (~:
> >
> > Hey!!! I live in Mesa. If I had a clue what bicycle parts where worth, I could go check it out.
> > What's a Mafac??? Would it sell on E-Bay?
> >
>
> Mafac was(is?) a brand of dubious center-pull-brake used on just about every french ten speed in
> the 70s. A left brake arm would be of little use without the right. The point being that the
> advert assigns a $ value that would be difficult to asses if it is realistic(i.e.:do you stand any
chance
> of selling the stuff at the value indicated?). Actually , old bike parts
do
> sell on e-bay. But I am no expert on what is collectible.
>
> rorschandt
 
"Jude T. McGloin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I am however somewhat of a packrat. I strip damaged medium to high grade components and save it.
> Some people are amazed to find that I have a cable anchor for a Shimano Crane deraileur or some
> other way out stuff. I'd venture to say that this is the remains
after
> the vultures and buzzards like me got done with it.

I just love that kind of shops - recently i picked up original brakepads for my 7400 Dura Ace's in
one of those. NOBODY else had them.. I bought 8 pads - well the brakes are not that good, but i
kinda like the looks..

Keep up the good work.

Torben
 
I love that question: "What's a Mafac?" I guess you children are also too young to remember that
there were three different thread standards: French, Italian and English. Only the English
threading survived because the Japanese adopted that standard. Ooo, that Peugeot PX-10 I used to
own with it's Mafac brakes and plastic deraillers. At least it gave me a little taste of what a
deluxe df was all about...

BentJay
 
Its very hard to tell what your getting. Usually when a shop closes, what is left is the product
that has been picked over. Three years ago I picked over the remains of a shop and since I know what
I'm looking at I got some good stuff for ten cents on a wholesale dollar. What was left was sold in
a take all, one price deal. The person that bought it came to me and tried to sell it. Duh... Its
very hard to estimate the actual worth of a storage unit of stuff. If it were I, would put all of
the good stuff up front. I purchased portions of shops inventory in the past. The best stuff that is
left over after the "going out of business sale" is in the small parts bins. I'm still using stuff I
bought in 1990. I just threw out all my MAFAC brake stuff...its such ****. I am however somewhat of
a packrat. I strip damaged medium to high grade components and save it. Some people are amazed to
find that I have a cable anchor for a Shimano Crane deraileur or some other way out stuff. I'd
venture to say that this is the remains after the vultures and buzzards like me got done with it.
Sorry to say but I believe its estimated or actual...1700 bike shops went out of business last year.
Is that about right John Reilly? Scary....The outlook is not good. With constant pressure from the
big boxes and internet/mail order guys there will be more of these sales this year.

Jude....///Bacchetta AERO St. Michaels and Tilghman Island.. Maryland Wheel Doctor Cycle and Sports,
Inc 1-800-586-6645 "rorschandt" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> [email protected] (William Meacham) wrote in
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> > rorschandt <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> Not a very good description of what is here. There might be a few thousand in obsolete coaster
> >> brake hub parts, $10,000 worth of Mafac left side only brake arms. (~:
> >
> > Hey!!! I live in Mesa. If I had a clue what bicycle parts where worth, I could go check it out.
> > What's a Mafac??? Would it sell on E-Bay?
> >
>
> Mafac was(is?) a brand of dubious center-pull-brake used on just about every french ten speed in
> the 70s. A left brake arm would be of little use without the right. The point being that the
> advert assigns a $ value that would be difficult to asses if it is realistic(i.e.:do you stand any
chance
> of selling the stuff at the value indicated?). Actually , old bike parts
do
> sell on e-bay. But I am no expert on what is collectible.
>
> rorschandt
 
BentJay, OW am I that old? I sold many a PX-10 series with them famous plastic Simplex derailleurs.
Wife and I had a GITANE Tandem with MAFAC/Simplex and a drum brake complete with the MAFAC double
cable rear lever, even with this rig they couldn't stop us. I scrapped the brakes in fact I just
threw them away last week. We rode this until we got an 88' Burley Duet and then got a Santana
Soverign. Then an E2 and soon possibly a tandem trike. We will also have one of the first EZ Tandems
to play with. Ah... the days of yesteryear. First bent I ever rode...USS Infinity.
1981/82? Chromed square tubing.

Jude....///Bacchetta AERO St. Michaels and Tilghman Island.. Maryland Wheel Doctor Cycle and Sports,
Inc 1-800-586-6645 "BentJay" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I love that question: "What's a Mafac?" I guess you children are also too young to remember that
> there were three different thread standards: French, Italian and English. Only the English
> threading survived because the Japanese adopted that standard. Ooo, that Peugeot PX-10 I used to
> own with it's Mafac brakes and plastic deraillers. At least it gave me a little taste of what a
> deluxe df was all about...
>
> BentJay
 
Well, I don't know what MAFAC is, although I can guess it's an obsolete French company. My wife
still has her 'college bike', a CCM Mistral from the heyday of the road bike, complete with its
original Simplex derailleurs and Weinmann centerpull brakes with suicide levers. Yucch!
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Quoth [email protected] (BentJay):
| I love that question: "What's a Mafac?" I guess you children are also too young to remember that
| there were three different thread standards: French, Italian and English. Only the English
| threading survived because the Japanese adopted that standard. Ooo, that Peugeot PX-10 I used to
| own with it's Mafac brakes and plastic deraillers. At least it gave me a little taste of what a
| deluxe df was all about...

Hey, I think mine was a PU08. I loved the Mafac brakes, would have liked them even without the
plastic sleeved brake lever handles.

Donn
 
I figured this was a natural for Sheldon Brown. He did not disappoint. He has exploded drawings!
(scroll down.)

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/mafac.html

My recollection was that in the day, Mafacs were the only cantilever brakes available. Don't see
those on this page though.

John Riley

John Foltz wrote:
>
> Well, I don't know what MAFAC is, although I can guess it's an obsolete French company. My wife
> still has her 'college bike', a CCM Mistral from the heyday of the road bike, complete with its
> original Simplex derailleurs and Weinmann centerpull brakes with suicide levers. Yucch!
 
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