Originally Posted by sykerocker

First off, congratulations. You've just stumbled across one of the finer bikes you'll ever get to ride. Get it back in riding shape and start saving for an eventual complete media blast and repaint. Cyclomondo has the proper decals in stock.

700c's are the proper size. When I got mine it was running 27x1's which fit so tightly that the rear tyre rubbed the brake bridge at one point, not because the wheel was out of round, but because the tyre had seated about 1/2mm high at that point.

My best suggestion for blowing out the frame is to use somebody's air compressor and nozzle. Nothing like 90lbs air pressure to blow out anything.

By the way, did you get one of the 80's "Miami Vice" paint jobs



or a plain single color. Either are correct for the bike.

Once again congratulations. I got mine in about the same manner (helping a motorcycle club brother move, it was stuffed in a dirt shack behind his compressor). You've got a bike that's worth just about anything you can afford to do with it, the higher end components the better. (Hint: It rides much better with Dura Ace 7400 than that crappy Campagnolo.)