I'm curious how good the hive mind knowledge base is, no Googling, how many mark/model can you name here?

Title says it all! I'm on the hunt for a late 90s Salsa La Cruz. Frame and fork, or complete bike! 55-58cm. Anyone have one they'd like to sell?

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on my Nishiki Prestige with some changes. I tried to nail down the year but could only settle on '88 or '89. It has the "alhpa-5000" groupset made up of Sugino GP cranks, dia-compe calipers, and suntour shifting components but [oddly?] with shimano 600 levers. I added the Selle Turbe saddle, Nitto Custom shorter stem, Campagnolo Scirocco front wheel, but in back is the original Araya rear 6 speed. Thickslick tires haven't been punctured yet, knock on wood. I love how the Nishiki/Kawamura frames have the slightly raked toptube - looks faster than it is!

before adding scirocco wheel and thickslick tires

I just finished this baby - I normally HATE pink and “girly” things, but I’m trying to lean in on this one that I was gifted. Changed the tape and tires, and added some silly jewel valve caps. Undecided on what seat, so I left what came on it.

Hi folks I'm wanting to restore an 90s Basso frame and then put on campy record such as https://www.ebay.com/itm/116331142120?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=BCaYLB1SS0m&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=JiQwHskpSre&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Will this work as is or do I need to worry about anything. First time doing this sort of thing / mostly worried about the bottom bracket - is it compatible? The one on the frame is Shimano. Thanks

So I purchased an old Waterford bike with Shimano 105 groupset.

One of the shifters is not clicking. I've used wd-40 to try to fix it.

Now, it'll click once or twice before not clicking anymore.

I've tried using the wd-40 a couple of more times to see if it'll fix it but so far no luck.

Should I just change the shifter? Or if it clicks a couple of times there's still hope?

Thanks

Picked this up off the verge the other day (Western Australia). steel wheels, Cotter pin cranks, 3sp Shimano hub, 16kg (35lbs), “Made in Japan!” seatpost.. guessing 70s?. Appears to have sat in a greasy shed for a while, so most of it should clean up ok for some fun and tyres (22x1.75) are supple. Sadly someone brush painted (albeit somewhat neatly) over the original burnt orange duco in a dull pink, so undecided what to do there as yet. Suspect it’s the original seat. Light is a modern LED.

Wondering if anyone knows the background to the brand. I had read somewhere that in Australia Malvern Star released a “Family Star”. Is this one of them or a more mass produced clunker? note seat stay details, downtube gussets. Head and downtube decals only show “family” as best as I can decipher. No serial number or place of manufacture sticker. Thanks.

I have the opportunity to grab this for free, any ideas on whether or not it’s worth it to restore/flip?(only picture I have)

Found on marketplace, hoping for help with an ID for the model and year, looking up the numbers under the crank yielded little results