The Official Thrift / Discount Store Bragging Thread Part III (Sept 2018-)

[aragon765]

@Thrift Vader cuz he would appreciate this

Took a while but finally finished the thrift bike I found. Tuned it up and many parts later... she’s alive!

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Cool bike, and nice work on refinishing it, but the seat binder is on backwards - the bolts should face the rear of the bike. That will make it ride a bit better as now the seat is 3-4" forward of where it should be ... it was surprisingly hard to find an image of what I mean (hopefully its obvious from my description), but see this:

 

[Thrift Vader]

Agree, but said nothing. as it might be a matter of taste.

 

[Letric]

@flipstah 's Bike Restoration makes me want to pull my old thrifted, banged up, Schwinn road cruiser out of the warehouse and fix it up like new.

 

[capnwes]

Funny bike story...

Had some high blood pressure readings a couple months ago, and the doc ordered a low sodium diet and more vigorous exercise than walking the dog.

So I got ahold a my buddy who said he's been riding his bike a few times a week to see if he needed a riding partner. He said yes and told me he would let me know when he went out again after he returned from vacation. So I tuned up my cheap-ass thrifted 18speed Huffy Savannah hybrid bike and waited. A couple weeks ago he dropped me pin and we met up. I should have known better when I saw him load up his monster $1400 trail bike and helmet, and he should have discouraged me when he saw mine.

We headed out to the state park. I have been there often, hiking on the horse trails, and assumed that was where we were riding and knew it would be a decent challenge. We turned off on a road I had never been down, parked the car and prepared for adventure.

At first the trail was nice, a wide, grassy dirt access road, which I now realize was probably for the ambulance. About 50 yards down the trail he made a 90* left turn onto a little side trail and said "Let's start with this easy one"...I said "Ok" and foolishly followed.

Then the bottom dropped out. I was headed down a 30* decline full of hairpin quarter-pipe turns and moguls. Then came the logs 4" to 18" in diameter. I stopped and carried my bike over those. Then there was a rather large mogul that took up the whole trail so I had no choice but to go over it. When I did, I got a little air. When I landed the fork twisted one way and the tire went the other....so the bike went one way, and I went the other. The bike crashed off the trail into a downed tree and I landed, somehow, on me feet in the middle of the trail. The crash broke my shifting cable so I instantly lost 15 of my 18 speeds, making it pretty much impossible to peddle the climb back up to the main trail again.


Miraculously I was uninjured and live to tell the tale of the most terrifying 4 minutes of 2020 so far.


Turns out my blood pressure was probably only elevated due to trouble breathing while wearing a mask at the doctors office. I've been testing it daily at home and it has been pretty much perfect. Still sticking with a lower sodium diet though, after several weeks of eye-opening nutrition label reading. Waiting for my buddy to call again when he's up for a road ride.

 

[carreragt7]

Was your buddy’s name Dick? Because that was a move of his... haha

 

[impuntura]

 

[JChong8]

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I hope those are your size and you rock them *****

 

[impuntura]

I hope those are your size and you rock them *****

Might wear them to church lol.
Also thread first?

 

[impuntura]

What is this type of tie called ,I think it's cashmere no content tag.

 

[silverwarebandit]

^that tie type is known as “mine, please“

I found 08sircus at the end of last year, that might have been the first?

08sircus is a pop and a weird knit varsity thing, PS and Barbour
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Some nice shirts, pop on rowing blazers

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Women’s stuff. Re

 

[flipstah]

Cool bike, and nice work on refinishing it, but the seat binder is on backwards - the bolts should face the rear of the bike. That will make it ride a bit better as now the seat is 3-4" forward of where it should be ... it was surprisingly hard to find an image of what I mean (hopefully its obvious from my description), but see this:

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Oh what! Good to know. I'll adjust accordingly. Thanks!

@Letric do it man. I'm already looking for another one to restore. Maybe a 14 speed hybrid.

 

[My Main Man]

Funny bike story...

Had some high blood pressure readings a couple months ago, and the doc ordered a low sodium diet and more vigorous exercise than walking the dog.

So I got ahold a my buddy who said he's been riding his bike a few times a week to see if he needed a riding partner. He said yes and told me he would let me know when he went out again after he returned from vacation. So I tuned up my cheap-ass thrifted 18speed Huffy Savannah hybrid bike and waited. A couple weeks ago he dropped me pin and we met up. I should have known better when I saw him load up his monster $1400 trail bike and helmet, and he should have discouraged me when he saw mine.

We headed out to the state park. I have been there often, hiking on the horse trails, and assumed that was where we were riding and knew it would be a decent challenge. We turned off on a road I had never been down, parked the car and prepared for adventure.

At first the trail was nice, a wide, grassy dirt access road, which I now realize was probably for the ambulance. About 50 yards down the trail he made a 90* left turn onto a little side trail and said "Let's start with this easy one"...I said "Ok" and foolishly followed.

Then the bottom dropped out. I was headed down a 30* decline full of hairpin quarter-pipe turns and moguls. Then came the logs 4" to 18" in diameter. I stopped and carried my bike over those. Then there was a rather large mogul that took up the whole trail so I had no choice but to go over it. When I did, I got a little air. When I landed the fork twisted one way and the tire went the other....so the bike went one way, and I went the other. The bike crashed off the trail into a downed tree and I landed, somehow, on me feet in the middle of the trail. The crash broke my shifting cable so I instantly lost 15 of my 18 speeds, making it pretty much impossible to peddle the climb back up to the main trail again.


Miraculously I was uninjured and live to tell the tale of the most terrifying 4 minutes of 2020 so far.


Turns out my blood pressure was probably only elevated due to trouble breathing while wearing a mask at the doctors office. I've been testing it daily at home and it has been pretty much perfect. Still sticking with a lower sodium diet though, after several weeks of eye-opening nutrition label reading. Waiting for my buddy to call again when he's up for a road ride.

RE: eye-opening nutrition label reading. Holy **** I’ve been doing the same lately. Was going to have some ramen for lunch the other day and saw that it would be almost half the recommended daily sodium. Needless to say, I’ve been eating more and more fresh fruits, veggies, and meats.

Related good news:long story short, heart disease runs in my family. My grandpa had 4 heart attacks because of abnormalities in his heart and eventually died because of it. My dad and grandpa both had bicuspid aortic valves (two cusps instead of 3) and both had to have open heart surgery when they were in their 40s/50s. I’ve been worrying about my heart for about 20 years but kept avoiding getting it checked out because ignorance is bliss or something. With baby #2 coming, I decided it was finally time so I had an echocardiogram and just got the results back. I have a 100% perfectly working heart with no abnormalities at all. I don’t think it’s possible to explain the relief I feel right now.

 

[florent]

Summer findings

 

[florent]

Continued

Etro linen x6

 

[GoldenHarvestMedal]

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I once found a brand new pair of Magnanni in my size for 8.99 but after trying for a few minutes, I didn't buy eventually because my feet didn't feel comfortable at all.