[Closed] What is the rarest component you own? Poss bike p*rn content.

The front light and helmet light I use are one of a kind as I made them myself. I don't think there's anything currently available that gets close to the 8000 lumens of my bar light...
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Browning Electronic Chainset - in the box - made by Suntour. I appear to have at least two of them. Go figure!

I have some things that are rare by virtue of being really old but otherwise, **** all 🙁

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My Vicious Cycles Groover, one of only two that I know of to be in the country. At one time I owned a one-off On-One Ti, SS cyclo-cross bike, too. Oh and I have a pre-production pair of SPD compatible Vans shoes. 🙂

Those lights are cool.

Never heard of that chainset though..

I've been offered some NOS Hope stuff and a NOS Mektronic groupset.

Gary Fisher top cap.

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I've got a Dekerf/Roberts/Yates collabo frame.

Non bikey - a few handmade pocket watches. One from 1770 or so.

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Serial number 6 IIRC, and I don't think they made many more after I got mine. I'm 100% confident it's the only one in that colour.

Regarding smaller parts, my rarest is probably an Erikson Gizmo.

Browning Electronic Chainset ....

That really is from the past, had forgotten all about them.

Rare? Well I just built what is almost certainly the only twin disc Brompton kit in the World 😉

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I don't own it, though, it's off to London. I do have a prototype Brooks Swallow on a bike though.

My GT Carbon bar.

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The HED Rims (with hubs tubes and tyres for my build. BNIB Pro 2 Evo's for £110 the pair!)

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Bike-related, probably an original 'crud claw' - red anodised, with both 7 and 8-speed 'claws'. nice idea, didn't really work very well or was necessary though.

That Hotta looks great, looks like a Campy groupset?

Also, that twin disc setup is cool as! Think you should get some of the Bombers with twin IS mounts though!

Not really a component but the rarest thing I've got is my Saracen Kili Ultra titanium:

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Only ever seen one other and that belonged to Mike 'Jesus Jones' Edwards, in fact we raced together a few times. Never seen another.

By the way, it's for sale if anyone is interested...

Pair of Hayes HMX-1 hydro-mechanical brake calipers. Regular brakes cable operates a master cylinder in the caliper body. Both need seals, which I'm sure I now have zero hope of finding, but can#t bring myself to get rid of them.

Ben Cooper - Any reason for the twin discs or just a novelty?

Ben Cooper - Any reason for the twin discs or just a novelty?

I didn't ask 😉

That Kili should go on RetroBike if you want too sell mate, it should fly!

Love the look of the older Saracens.

Ben Cooper - Any reason for the twin discs or just a novelty?

My guess is instant death by faceplant.

My Jaspa was only the 3rd one they'd sold when my wife bought it for me last October!

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Frame is a replica of a 1920's track bike with Brooks B17 saddle, and Brooks hand wound leather grips. Hub brake on the front and a 2 speed kickback, coaster brake hub on the rear that still tries to kill me everytime I go out on it. It doesn't half fly though!

Or, my Hope Mono Mini levers are anodised blue with 'Beagleboy' laser etched on them. Can't be many around like that! 😆

That is lovely...

I've got an alloy Avid Rollamajig. Sitting in my toolbox doing nowt.

True Precision Stealth Poacher hub

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Oh and a Solitude cycle frame!

I've got a crud claw!! Didn't think it was rare or owt!!

Had a robin Mather modified Inbred that was one of two that he added a disc mount to, back when he didn't have a waiting list as long as a Leonard Cohen song.

I've got a U.S.E. version of a DCD and some very odd Suntour 7 spd underbar shifters which operate on a push/pull twin trigger basis

I used to have a bottom bracket that had been installed on my bike by Graeme Obree.

Sold the bike (an Emmelle Cortina) to a friend for £10.

BNIB mint keyring

I've got a 17cm stem from an early Cannondale Delta-V. Funnily enough, I don't use it 😀

These aren't mine but it's bloody hard to find a picture of them.
I had some of these things for years. They came fitted to an Orange Mr.O

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They were one of the first things I ever sold on ebay and they went to South Korea for £220. I was staggered by the bidding war at the time but I slightly regret it now.

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My Ritchey Team Comp, handmade by TR himself, the fillets are lush and it rides like a dream.

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Very early Ibis frame that I need to get the finger out and finish!

Dark Cycles Bashguard, been on about 7 frames.

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A working set of Avids.

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Certainly never saw anyone else with any 😆

red shimano DX V-brakes. lovely they are and apparently quite popular with the retro crowd?

One of the last Klein Attitudes ever made in near mint condition. It's bloody lovely.

Wow.. that Ritchey )

YoKaiser has one of the nicest bikes ever seen on here imo.

eyerideit - Member
Gary Fisher top cap.

I have a black one of thos top caps!

The rarest bike related thing I own is..er...my bike, cos the front end is the only one of it's kind, and the back is made out of half a pretty rare bike anyway...

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I have other not so common stuff too, a Bontrager hardtail, old (not team) green hope bits etc, but I woulnd't call them rare, just uncommon.

Oh I also have a prototype Cotic Soul with an EBB... think it's the only one of them?

I have a Gios compact road bike in White not reprayed that I know of
Also My Merlin XLM 13-1/2" frame
Cheers Kit 🙂

Rare but not necesarily any good.

Scott High Octane World Cup DH frame from 1998. So rare that the only thing about it I have found online re the adverts posted on here & pinkbike by the chap I bought it from! I'll get round to a period style rebuild at some point. Would love to find the huge sofa saddle for it....

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I used to have a bottom bracket that had been installed on my bike by Graeme Obree.

I have a quill stem, Look Ergostem. Fairly unusual and most often seen on a trackie's bike or my workbench!

Nothing particularly special myself, but my wife has those pink hope mono minis and a "only four ever made in that colour" cove to go with them.

I have a paraffinn front lamp dating from the early 20th century I think. Belonged to my grandfather. Similar to this but in far better nick.

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I've got one of those Gary Fisher top caps too 😀

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That Hotta looks great, looks like a Campy groupset?

Thanks - it usually gets slated on here! DA 9sp - I'm guessing it's the non-STI brake levers which made you think Campag, which leads onto the part on there which was very rare when the bike was new. It has DA 9sp downtube gear levers mounted to a bracket on the aero bars - built in early '97 with some of the first 9sp stuff (of any variety) in the country, but I had to personally import the gear levers (bought from the late great Sheldon Brown's shop) as Madison weren't bringing them in, so I suspect they were the first set in the country. Still not exactly commonplace I'm sure.

I've got a pair of green Middleburn hubs from around 97 & a pair of Caramba double barrel cranks.
Also stupidly sold my Giant CX Prototype when I needed the money-still haven't found anything that rode as well as that 🙁

I have a set of Shimano Airlines - does that count?

7-speed Crud Claw here, In period purple.
Mk.1 Crud Catcher.
X-Lite 'Ski-bend' bar ends.

wysiwyg, could I borrow that Mint key ring...? 😀

Serious thought about the Mint keyring - how about scanning it and getting it 3D printed?

I have these. Not sure how rare they are though.

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bencooper - Member

I have a set of Shimano Airlines - does that count?

Found it on eBay I think - the tiny regulators are very cool 😉

I have a pair of ringle peace straddle cables - I remember fondling them in a shop in Portland in 1995 having lusted after them for a while. Classic holiday purchase, one black, one purple. Now serving on my commuter!

I quite admire Shimano for having a go with the Airlines. Just shows that you have to fail with some ideas to find the ones that will succeed.

Anyway, I have a Circus Monkey lefty hub. Not difficult to aquire but I've not seen another.

Some Suntour Command shifters, new unused. Like thumbies for a road bike, gear levers to mount inside the brake lever, pre STI.Like this (googled a random pic):

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I've also got a pair of Command shifters, mounted here on a fillet brazed Salsa high rise stem, these are for the Ibis on page 1.

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not mine, but i do have a set. about as rare as you get i suspect.

Mavic?

yes, mavic.

mattbee: That is a seriously cool frame - Dual shocks?

Another member of the Shimano Airlines club here. Will dig up some pics if I can...

Cateye cc-8900 quill stem with integrated computer:

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Royce Hubs - mmmmm

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Cheers

Danny B

Shimano airlines kit:
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Apparently these are fairly rare as well:
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Finally a double front disc setup, made by the genius Millyard:
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I doubt anyone else on here has a Carrera Krakatoa Flex.

@ bencooper: Can we see more of that Brompton please? I'm intrigued....

My Pipedream Modro Ti Singlespeed. No serial number. Not sure how many were built, ridden most days of the week.

I've got a machine tech silent clutch rear hub on my '95 Zaskar.

Also got a brand new unused massive sofa saddle for a few quid if you want it for the Scott!

2 pairs of campagnolo delta brakes and a gios super record frame all in the loft waiting to be built up.Not super rare but nice vintage stuff.

I've also got a Hotta, but it's been resprayed (before my ownership):

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Morati Ti fork for 26" mtb.

Insignificant I know, but I own the original triple butted Pipedream press demo Ti frame, I wouldn't of thought there are to many of them, I hope 😉

Magura HS66 drop bar levers mated to Julie calipers, giving you hydraulic dropbar brakes.

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I used have a Chris King/WTB Grease Guard headset that I got for free. I sold it roughly ten years ago for £50, which was a lot for a rough looking headset!
It reappeared on Ebay a year or so ago and fetched £170!!!!

Back in the late 90's, the bike shop I worked in had boxes of Grafton cranks and brakes that they couldn't give away due to the V brake/disc brake revolution, so we binned them!!! Crazy to think how much they'd be worth now!?

I did have a Shimano Altus compact triple (38t big ring) until recently - should be rare as they were apparently recalled in 1995 due to a manufacturing fault that meant they might snap...

I have a horrible sinking feeling there is still one on my mum's Trek hybrid.

I'd say the frame on my XC bike is fairly rare: Pronghorn XC-SW Carbon
Having said that, the frame on my AM bike is fairly rare: Pronghorn PR6 Trail...

SRAM 9.0 SL hubs with the rarer still disc brake adapters. I imported them a few years after production from Germany and have never seen another pair in use.

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Not really rare, but you dont see many about

my 1966 Moulton deluxe 4 speed

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Oh i like that moulton, is it difficult getting the suspension parts?

What about a custom Roberts frame, for 650 wheels?

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hey @ajantom

Magura HS66 drop bar levers mated to Julie calipers, giving you hydraulic dropbar brakes.

did I have a conversation about that with you at Bespoked???