things you find in a ditch

esd
esd Posts: 36
edited May 2013 in Road general
...a Falcon Eddy Merkx 5 speed road bike. Bit of a clean, some new 27 inch tyres...god their heavy..new gear cable and tighten the brakes etc...good as old..bmx son hasnt ridden so fast but refuses to drop off 9 foot walls with it. Now waiting for my next ditch discovery...simplex gearing...weinnman brakes...apparently they used to make these with steel piping as used for gas boilers or something.. I might go retro from now on...anyone got a raleigh 3 speed hustler...

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  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    pics or it didnt happen...
    "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."

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  • letap73
    letap73 Posts: 1,608
    A victim of Emma Way?
  • dee4life2005
    dee4life2005 Posts: 773
    Was out for a bit of a run on my old steed and ran out of spare tubes after a couple of failed puncture repairs. Called the "her indoors" rescue service to pick me up. We only have a mini, so i hid my bike in a ditch till i could get some more tubes from home. Came back a couple hours later and some sod had made off with it.

    If anyone has seen a 5 speed Merkx road bike .... Oh wait.

    Only joking, but if truly found in a ditch how do u know the owner wasn't intending to return??
    http://app.strava.com/athletes/307297
  • esd
    esd Posts: 36
    bike found under water in ditch, tyres completely knackered, chain off, basically dumped
  • dee4life2005
    dee4life2005 Posts: 773
    In that case, great find and its good to hear that you fixed it up and its gettin used.
    http://app.strava.com/athletes/307297
  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    I've seen these on gumtree for £15.
    Overpriced IMHO
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  • esd
    esd Posts: 36
    yes, sometimes you wonder what peeps will pay for a bike....apparently Falcon made about 70 000 merkx bikes under licence from about 1974 ...many with 531...even so my ditch bike goes ok and the boys love it..not much road buzz either especially compared to dads carrera..bearings are pretty shot on the rear wheel and there is bit of play in the bottom bracket..but ok to mess about on...
  • esd
    esd Posts: 36
    a picture http://www.flickr.com/photos/96415912@N02/
  • Pituophis
    Pituophis Posts: 1,025
    Good find, but what were you doing "under water in a ditch" may I ask? :D
  • rgliniany
    rgliniany Posts: 753
    Pituophis wrote:
    Good find, but what were you doing "under water in a ditch" may I ask? :D

    possibly made his way here from the crudcatcher
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