I went. I saw. I left.

[sandra]

The barn



The guy trying to lead us on a safe path into the barn:



Nice wheels, no?



The bikes. See anything you like?

[Tri Girl]

Hmmmm... not quite the "jackpot" you were hoping for, eh?
I'll take the rust colored bike in the last picture. Oh wait- that's not rust colored- that's rust COVERED.

Bummer. One or two of them looked like they mighthave promise, but why bother when you have the beautiful new mixte????

[uforgot]

Doesn't seem like you were there long. Did you get those fried green tomatoes out of it? I think that last one looks like that pink miyata with "a little rust around the seat tube".

I see a Huffy! Did you jump on that one????

[sandra]

I rode off on the Western Flyer!

My DH LOVED the barn and was very taken with the pontoon boat in one of the pictures for $2000.

No fried green tomatoes. We didn't go nearly that far and decided not to bother. We stopped back by a flea market. Flea markets are not my cup of tea, at least ours are not. I'd rather poke my eyes out than have to rummage through all of that junk.

I'll stick to ebay, thank you very much.

[DebW]

That Nishiki might be a decent frame to build into a cross bike. It might even do off-road touring. And I bet KnottedYet would take those pedals.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

That Nishiki might be a decent frame to build into a cross bike....And I bet KnottedYet would take those pedals.

Yes I saw those pedals too.
That reminds me...I have to reset the mousetraps in the basement.

Well Sandra, look on the bright side- at least there weren't 20 marvelous bikes there that would have caused you a terrible mental dilemma! I'm sort of vicariously relieved for you.
You have a great new bike now, far better than some old rust bucket.
("Lotus Blossom"?)

[sandra]

That Nishiki might be a decent frame to build into a cross bike. It might even do off-road touring. And I bet KnottedYet would take those pedals.

Confession, now that someone had mentioned it. I bought that Nishki bike for $5. I bought it thinking about those pedals (are they bad?) plus, the handlebars were pretty good and not rusted and the rims were good, so...instead of making a dry run, I splurged!

I actually wondered about the frame, just to see if I could tear it down and learn something!

Mistake?

[sgtiger]

The Nishiki frame doesn't look too bad. I don't see much rust in the picture. They're pretty popular bikes to fix-up in the Seattle area. They're considered a classic by the retro-grouches(of which Dh counts himself) of the world. BoyInAKilt would be able to tell you more about it. Unfortunately, he's not around this weekend.

Nishiki on Seattle Craigslist

Blog about Nishiki on Velo Orange

Edited to add: Oops, looks like others have already informed you about it. That's what I get for getting up in the middle of my post to finish up dinner.

[sandra]

Right. The frame was in good shape and not rusted, just very dirty. That's why I decided to go for it for $5.