Ranger Phillips Chicago England

I found this bike today! I payed $15 and am slowly finding that I got a fantastic deal. I can't really place a good estimated value on the bike yet but could use help doing so. What I know so far about the bike is that it was made in a Raleigh factory in the 60-70's. I can't figure out why the head badge says Chicago Illinois though. Its built with the same parts as the super rare "Robin Hood Bike" with only minor differences including the labels of coarse. The de-railers are legendary huret items. Legendary because that design was a milestone in de-railer technology and were the first of their kind. Bottom Bracket isn't Euro or American and crank is ornate and super rad. The front tire has the most unique quick release hub I've ever seen, and the brake pads say "John Bull" on them for some reason (Just a British brand I guess). If anyone can help me learn more about this bike I'd really appreciate it. I think I've got something rare on my hands and would like to price it at such but who knows it could be just another "Fixie" upper if you know what I mean.

88 Raleigh Technium

I bought this 1988 Raleigh Technium for $30 (a bargain!) and haven't decided to sell it yet. I would make it my regular rider but its about 2 inches too small for me. I can make it work but will probably end up selling it in the end. Its the lightest bike I've owned and rides beautifully. I put the brooks seat on there and probably wont sell the seat with the bike. changed the bars to bullhorns, removed front brake, tuned up back brake, remove front de-railer, replaced front three gears with one 46 tooth cog. Need simple brake grip then I'm done and will decide to sell it or not. will fit a girl or a short guy beautifully. I wish it would have been just a little bit bigger.

Schwinn Traveler

I got this bike for $20 in very poor condition and am still working on it. I'm hopping to get $100 for it when I'm done with it. It needs better peddles and a chain that will fit but in the mean time I'll be polishing it and touching up the paint a little. I bought it for the cool decals and because I could sell the frame as a polo bike. will update when I finish it. Also I have all the original parts if you're looking for any let me know. All in poor condition and will sell for low price.

Blue Schwinn Continental

1976 Blue Schwinn Continental with chrome fork in great condition. This bike pretty much sold itself. All I really did to it was put some aluminum alloy wheels on it that I had laying around and polish it up. This thing shined like new when I was done with it and my Brooks saddle looked great on it too. I was really tempted to keep it for myself but in the end decided to part ways with it. Bought it for $40 Sold it for $120.

Black Huffy

Bought this black huffy Aero something for $30 in poor condition. Cleaned it up with some polish and rust remover and an angle grinder and sold it for $100. I got a little attached to this one while working on it. Its just a crappy Huffy though. Too cheap even to have a head badge. they just threw a sticker with an American flag on it.
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Rachel's Takara

This is my girlfriends bicycle. Its a wicked lite Takara. Made in Taiwan. Its been very well taken care of. its off to a really nice start and she just needs to get a nice crankset and she'll be ready to roll. I just basically gave her a lite, the stem and bars, wrapped the bars nicely, and gave her a nice aluminum alloy front wheel with a brand new slick on it. I can't wait to see her get this one on the road. I'll post more pictures when its all finished up.

Yellow Schwinn Varsity

I bought this yellow Schwinn Varsity in very poor condition. Covered in rust for $20 then lightened it up a bit by taking the front gears off and simplifying it to one, removing the front de-rauler, putting a sexy new seat on it, single front break, bmx break grip, new polo bars, cleaned and polished it to get rid of the rust, and then began sanding off all the paint. Then I sold it for $100. Not long after I had sold it to a guy on Craigslist he sent me the bottom three photos if what he did with the bike after he bought it from me.

Fairway Fyer

This was the first Bike I fixed up and fliped for some dough. It was a yellow fairway Flyer. I bought the bike for $30 cleaned up the bike a ton and sold it for $100. Below is the flier I hung at my school. In the end a guy off Craigslist actually ended up buying it for his girlfriend.