My Last Photos of the PH 501

As my last two posts hopefully show, I was being more brazen about getting rid of the spare parts and bikes that I had left at my parent's place. (Post about parts sold coming soon). But I was on the fence about selling the Peugeot PH 501. It's by no means a rare bicycle that is coveted by collectors. And being ridden a couple times a year just wasn't enough to warrant the space it was taking up. However, it's a bicycle that I've had for a very long time (used it for my very first blog post!), and have put in time to upgrade its parts. And really, it rides nice and smooth.

But then I ran into a chance to sell it at a reasonable price to a person who ran into my Craigslist posts for Campagnolo parts. He needed a lot of Campy parts to build up an old Italian bike, and since I had Campy brakes and brake levers on the bike, I offered to sell the bike as a package.

So here are the last set of photos I took of my PH 501. Since my last post on this bike, I had added a Selle Italia Turbo saddle and Suntour Cyclone derailleurs (front and rear)

1985 Peugeot PH 501

1985 Peugeot PH 501

1985 Peugeot PH 501 - Campagnolo Record brake

1985 Peugeot PH 501- "Internal brazing" on this head tube; CTA stem

1985 Peugeot PH 501 - Suntour Cyclone front derailleur; Sugino DG(?) crankset

1985 Peugeot PH 501 - Suntour Cyclone M-II front derailleur (

1985 Peugeot PH 501 - Suntour Cyclone M-II rear derailleur...I swear

1985 Peugeot PH 501

1985 Peugeot PH 501 - Turbo Bernard Hinault saddle

1985 Peugeot PH 501 - Turbo Bernard Hinault saddle

1985 Peugeot PH 501 - Simplex Retrofriction downtube shifters

Another Sale!: 2001 Terry Classic

Made another Craigslist sale very late last night. Because I wasn't going to be home till midnight, the buyer decided to wait even though he had to drive back up to San Francisco -- wow! But I did give a discount from my listed price.

I had bought this bicycle years ago thinking that my mother might be able to ride it. But maybe "skinny" wheels were kind of scary for someone who doesn't ride the bicycles much. It never really got ridden.

But it was a solid ride, and had the most-updated parts out of all my bikes.
It also had braze-ons for both rear and front racks, and would make a great commuter bike.

2001 Terry Classic

2001 Terry Classic

2001 Terry Classic

2001 Terry Classic - Terry Liberator Ti-Race saddle

2001 Terry Classic - Shimano Tiagra triple crankset

2001 Terry Classic - Shimano Deore rear derailleur

2001 Terry Classic - Shimano Deore trigger shifters

2001 Terry Classic - Shimano Deore v-brakes

2001 Terry Classic - Braze-ons!

2001 Terry Classic - Specialized bottle cages

2001 Terry Classic - Shimano Sora hub

2001 Terry Classic - Velocity Aerohead rims

Sold: 1991 Bridgestone MB-3

Every time I come back home to California, I try to tidy up the remnants of my past life of bicycles. And every time, I am sad to see myself willing to get rid of more and more things.

So I ended up selling this Bridgestone MB-3. I had been holding onto it for quite a while, but I just don't think I'll have the time to fix it up. I was sad to see it go, but hopefully someone will be able to enjoy it instead of having it sit in the garage.
(Though, after I had sold it, I wondered if I should have parted out/used the Deore DX parts on the bike)

I was surprised how many responses I got for this Craigslist post, especially with the seized seat post. But I suppose others are more efficient at removing seized seat posts.

1991 Bridgestone MB-3

1991 Bridgestone MB-3

1991 Bridgestone MB-3

1991 Bridgestone MB-3 - Seized seatpost

1991 Bridgestone MB-3 - Deore DX rear derailleur

1991 Bridgestone MB-3 - Ritchey Logic Super Tubes; Lugged bottom bracket

1991 Bridgestone MB-3

1991 Bridgestone MB-3 - Velocity Mountain Goat

1991 Bridgestone MB-3 - Ritchey Vantage Expert

1991 Bridgestone MB-3 - Seat stays

1991 Bridgestone MB-3 - Cockpit

1991 Bridgestone MB-3 - Nice finish on the Deore DX hubs

I'm back: 1987 Fuji 450 SE

After two and half years of absence on this blog, I'm back.
Having been (relatively) successful in fighting off the itch to play with bicycles during the last couple of years, here I am again.

My sister thought her bicycle in New York had been stolen (which actually turned up later), but it was enough reason for me to look for a new bike to play with.
Coincidentally, this bike was posted on Washington D.C. (that's where I'm at now) Craigslist for a couple of days without having been sold. After a quick Google search on the bike, I contacted the seller and bought it for $70. It sounded like the seller were the original owners of the bike who had put this away in their garage a long time ago and it had sat there for decades.

The bike doesn't seem to have been ridden much -- the tires were original and its treads seem to have very little wear. But it doesn't seem to have been stored very carefully, judging from the scuffs on the frame and rust on chain and other steel parts.

My selection of tools are very limited here, but I did my best to clean and tune up the bike.
Tires were replaced (the front wheel is an obscure 547mm size) and I bought Cane Creek gum hoods for the brake levers. Shift cables were replaced as well as the front brake cable and housing. Oh, and the brake pads and chain were replaced, too. Otherwise all parts are original.

1987 Fuji 450 SE - Drive side

1987 Fuji 450 SE - Front view

1987 Fuji 450 SE - Suntour Accushift Alpha 3000 downtube shifters -- supposedly not compatible with other Accushift systems

1987 Fuji 450 SE - Suntour Accushift Alpha 3000 rear derailleur

1987 Fuji 450 SE - Sugino VP crankset; Steel chainrings

1987 Fuji 450 SE - Suntour Alpha 3000 front derailleur; Still some rust on the chainrings :(

1987 Fuji 450 SE - Head tube detail

1987 Fuji 450 SE - Fuji head badge decal

1987 Fuji 450 SE

1987 Fuji 450 SE - Fork crown with Fuji logo stamped

1987 Fuji 450 SE - Seat cluster

1987 Fuji 450 SE

1987 Fuji 450 SE - Win stem and Win Pista handlebar

1987 Fuji 450 SE - Dia-Compe Junior brake levers -- the levers seem to be slightly shorter than usual

1987 Fuji 450 SE - Cane Creek gum hoods -- fits fine!

1987 Fuji 450 SE - Dia-Compe Q500N brakes

1987 Fuji 450 SE - Chrome Tange headset

1987 Fuji 450 SE - Sansin QR hubs

1987 Fuji 450 SE - 6 speed Suntour Perfect freewheel

1987 Fuji 450 SE - MKS AR-5 pedals

1987 Fuji 450 SE - OGK GX-200 bar tape/end plugs

Specs, as sees in photos:
Frame: Fuji quad-butted VALite Si 45 frame; 46.5cm; fully-lugged
Fork: Fuji Hi-ten
Headset: Tange
Crank: Sugino VP; 165mm; 52-42t chainrings
Shifters: Suntour Alpha 3000 Accushift indexed
Derailleurs: Suntour Alpha 3000 Accushift
Pedals: MKS AR-5
Chain:KMC Z50
Seatpost: [forgot to check before giving to my sister]
Saddle: [forgot to check before giving to my sister]
Stem: Kusuki
Handlebar: Kusuki Winpista
Brakes: Dia Compe Q500N
Brake Levers: Dia Compe 141 Junior; Cane Creek gum hoods
Hubs: Sansin ET quick release; 6-speed Suntour Perfect 13-28t freewheel
Rims: Ukai 27 x 1 1/8 rear; Ukai 24 x 1 1/4 (547mm)
Tires: 27 x 1 1/8 Kenda K36; 24 x 1 1/4 Kenda K23-S6