What old cycling junk (or valuable collector’s pieces) have you got cluttering up the place?

[Rhythm Thief]

Five boxes of assorted bits, including shifters, brake calipers, derailleurs, no end of chainrings, brake levers, bottom brackets... all kinds of stuff
Six complete framesets.
A whole shed full of wheels, mostly in wheel sets but not always, waiting for a build.
Various wheel rims and hubs, waiting for me to need them enough to buy spokes and build them up.
Three forks.
A load of pannier racks.
And finally, quite a few new bits that I've bought with a particular project in mind, put to one side for a rainy day and am now unable to locate.

 

[oldandslow]

I don't rush to adopt the latest technology. I took years to go indexed with gears. I'm currently mainly on 9-speed. I get annoyed by the thing where shops look pityingly at you when you ask for parts for ten-year-old bikes. As a result, I tend to pick up spare hubs, derailleurs and the like that are going for modest prices and "might come in handy". I now have the contents of a small, but old-fashioned, bike shop in my loft.

 

[biggs682]

I went in the garage tonight to get a bike ouyt of storage this afternoon and found a 27" wheel with a 49 hole sturmey archer ASC 3 speed fixed hub i didn't realise i had

 

[Rhythm Thief]

I don't rush to adopt the latest technology. I took years to go indexed with gears. I'm currently mainly on 9-speed. I get annoyed by the thing where shops look pityingly at you when you ask for parts for ten-year-old bikes. As a result, I tend to pick up spare hubs, derailleurs and the like that are going for modest prices and "might come in handy". I now have the contents of a small, but old-fashioned, bike shop in my loft.

Exactly this. I like 9 speed and have no desire whatever to join the arms race towards 13 speed, or whatever it is we're being told our bikes are inadequate without. I would sell some of my stuff, but I know that sooner or later I'll find a use for it.

 

[fritz katzenjammer]

I sold the Norwegian Blue, but I’ve got a slug…

no…it doesn’t talk.

 

[ren531]

I have something like 12 frames 25plus wheels loads of box's of bits and many bikes all ready built up and about 7or 8 wheels with various hub gears ,virtually all of it is low end cheap vintage stuff all waiting for me to come up with the next project and even if I do nothing with it it gives me enormous pleasure just looking at it and it's potential.

 

[biggs682]

Looks like my fascination for orange Dutch bikes has finally beaten me

 

[iandg]

I've still got my Campag Peanut Butter Wrench from my late 70s/early 80s track racing days

I've used the same Shimano Dura Ace side pulls on the same frame (1977 Raleigh Professional) since 1979

Don't use them but have a pair of Assos Pedals in the cellar. What I don't understand is that they're listed as 1986-87 and I was racing on them in 1981 (probably 1980 too).

Still got a few 1970s Campag Nouvo Record bits, a Campag pump adaptor and some Cinelli IA stems and 66(?) bars

 

[Rhythm Thief]

I've had a bit of a sort through some of my boxes of crap. This lot is destined for eBay when I can be arsed to list it all.

 

[Punkawallah]

I've had a bit of a sort through some of my boxes of crap. This lot is destined for eBay when I can be arsed to list it all.

Any Suntour amongst it?

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Any Suntour amongst it?

No, it's mostly Shimano 7 and 8 speed stuff.

 

[Punkawallah]

No, it's mostly Shimano 7 and 8 speed stuff.

OK, thanks.