Picked up this fossil specimen from the co-op

[weisan]

Museum piece

[Cicli]

Their trashcan full?

[likebikes]

why?

[msngr]

You guys are harsh. I appreciate vintage bike stuff -and this is true vintage, not Craigslist vintage.

[weisan]

Originally Posted by msngr

You guys are harsh. I appreciate vintage bike stuff -and this is true vintage, not Craigslist vintage.

Thank you Mesinger pal.

[AngryScientist]

was there any mention of what it came off of? something interesting i bet.

[weisan]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

was there any mention of what it came off of? something interesting i bet.

No idea angry pal, it was lying there on its own. They get some really neat vintage stuff every now and then, I simply don't have the resources to save them all.

Like for example, saw this also when I was there.

[charliedid]

Originally Posted by likebikes

why?

Indeed

[Seramount]

gotta get one of those Suspension Mattress models...

3 1/8 lbs and only $3.50...

[adub]

Whatcha going to do with it??

[weisan]

y'all way too logical and overthinkin'...

why?

no reason why, just because.

Whatcha going to do with it??

Nuthin'. I am just gonna let it sit there for another thousand years before the next person comes along and picks it up.

[jemoryl]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

was there any mention of what it came off of? something interesting i bet.

Not necessarily from an interesting bike. I think my high school 10 speed from Montgomery Ward's had that same saddle. Unless you like Ashtabula cranks and Shimano Lark derailleurs.

[alancw3]

Originally Posted by weisan

No idea angry pal, it was lying there on its own. They get some really neat vintage stuff every now and then, I simply don't have the resources to save them all.

Like for example, saw this also when I was there.

i owned raleigh's for a long time starting with a 1958 lenton/raleigh grand prix and ending with lte sixties raleigh professional. i do have to say i have never seen those lugs on any raleigh i have ever seen. perhaps a lower model of raleigh. those are not nervex lugs. oh but the bulbed chain stay ends versus a scalloped end were very much raleigh back then.

[jumphigher]

Hey, what's wrong with 'Craigsist vintage'? (lolz).

[unterhausen]

I think this was a common low-end replacement saddle. Saw a lot of them on bikes that have been recycled for their metal content. Probably some percentage of those bikes are now really nice bikes through the steel recycling process.