Mostly looking to offload these for my Mom, looks like 2 of them may hold some value with a little elbow grease. Also would love to learn a little more about each model
by Delicious-Design-547
Mostly looking to offload these for my Mom, looks like 2 of them may hold some value with a little elbow grease. Also would love to learn a little more about each model
by Delicious-Design-547
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Any info on that Cannondale? Model? Year?
Decent mid 1980s bikes. Not much $ value but they will ride well.
Cannondale is 1st or 2nd year road bike. 1983-ish ? Model is SR-something, frames were the same, but different components. So SR500 would have lower components than SR800 or SR1000.
VintageCannondale site has old catalogs you can look at to compare paint color amd components. But it was common to buy a frame and build it up with different parts, or replace parts, so you might not find a match.
The CCM Mistral is on the lower quality end. The Sequoia looks like a nice frame and bike designed for light touring.
The stumpjumper is early generation of mountain bike.
Those are some great frames. Vintage market has taken a bit of a dive recently, but at least the Sequoia and StumpJumper (with desirable biplane fork) would still get several hundred a piece here in the Boston area if they clean up well. All of the bikes have a decent amount of visible high-end components on them like the TA crankset on the Mistral, the Suntour Superbe Brakes/Levers on the Sequoia, Suntour Thumbies on the StumpJumper, Cinelli Stem on the Cannondale etc. Definitely better than average collection imo.
The first one doesn’t appear to be worth a whole lot, it’s more entry level. The Cannondale is decent, probably worth $100-$200 depending on what parts are on it. The two Specialized bikes are interesting; an early Stumpjumper like that may be worth a fair bit to a collector. The Sequoia- I believe some of the early ones were built under renowned Japanese framebuilder 3Rensho, and if that’s the case it may be worth a decent amount, but I’m not sure how to identify if that’s the case.
I’d advise you to post these, with more pictures, so r/vintage_bicycles
I had one of those Turbo trainers back in the 80’s. My bedroom was upstairs, and when I first tried it out up there, my dad said it was like living under the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. To the garage it went for use.
Give Uptown Cyclery in Germantown a buzz, this is their speciality.
https://www.instagram.com/uptown_cyclery/