Meet Ginger :-)

[alpinerabbit]

My new - vintage - responsible buy - cruisin' around city - girlie red - bike. Just got her home and she rides smooth. I used to have a whopper of an old MTB to get around town. My road bike is Fred (CALLED Fred, not "fred") so that's why she should be Ginger, eh?

I bought it at that place the city runs where they provide jobs and training to unemployed people. They do repairs, sell one brand of new bikes and then re-vamped used bikes. The more expensive line gets a new paint job and comes from single to 7 speed.

This is just a revamped Motobecane frame, lots of new parts - cassette, rear derailleur, wheels, handlebar, saddle... but lovely old shimano shifters etc... Frame's got a few places where the paint is chipped off but hey, must be from ... the 70's?

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/1032/gingeruk9.jpg
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[KnottedYet]

Lovely bike! Congratulations!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Wonderful! Look at the gold pinstriping around the lugs. :p :p

[sandra]

wanna sell it? No wait. I'm addicted to bicycles!!!:eek:

BEAUTIFUL BIKE!!! I love Ginger.

[Beane]

beautiful!

[Zen]

I'm impressed that the city provides job training like that. A good deal for everyone involved.

I love red. Maybe if you get the serial number off the bottom bracket you can find out the year of the bike.

[alpinerabbit]

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This is the type of singlespeed bikes they build. They're expensive though. Well mine wasn't "cheap" either but for all the parts it's basically a new bike.

Frame number - he wrote it on the warranty except I think on the bottom bracket it's covered up with a protective thingy. 2778691...

[Wahine]

Congratulations Alpine. She's very cute. And a wise/responsible choice.

[margo49]

Awwww... see those shifters. Like the Wild West!

[teigyr]

Beautiful bike!!!

These links are always so dangerous to look at because they give me ideas.

[Tri Girl]

Wowee wow! That's one smokin' hot red bike! Congrats on your newest addition!

[smilingcat]

The shifter says shimano 600 :cool: :cool: It's a predesessor to ultegra, good components. late 70's I think.

By 80's shimano did away with that beautiful work.

smilingcat