Originally Posted by
pitchpole
That is an awesome bicycle. It looks like it has been repaired at some point. It may be tempting to hang it on the wall, but I say shine it up and ride it.
The owner said the seat stay repair had been done, for as long as he could remember. Well before TIG welders were around. In aviation they welded aluminum with oxy-actalene torches, so I am assuming that this is how the repair was done. I only gave it a quick once over, but It looked as if quite a bit of filler rod of some sort was added, giving the welds a convex shape.
A couple of questions still remain:
Seat post, where is the release/binder bolt? The owner says it will move side to side but not up (I was real suprized by that -assuming it would be frozen solid).
Are the hexigonal tubes on the front fork structural or are they just a faux springer fork?