Bike Swap Scores (for once)

[c.p.odom]

Late For Dinner:
This one seller had a row of six old road frames all with older powder coat paint jobs. All had a taped on sign: "Mystery Frames $100". I checked them one by one, the first five were all decent Euro frames from the 80's that would have sold in seconds at the height of the Fixie boom for $200 each. The last one I picked up got my heart beating faster. Now I am a straight shooter, I told the guy that this is a Cinelli frame, he shrugged it off, so game on.

 

[user 135]

What did you look for? Lugs, sloping fork crown and dropouts?

 

[c.p.odom]

cman, looking for all of that but it is all about knowing the details. This is much more difficult that spotting a balloon tire frame. This frame was especially tough as the powder coat was very thick. If it had been in original paint it would have sold before the swap even opened.