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Nishiki International 1974
Picked this up on the weekend and didn't get to it untill now, Nishiki International. I have been looking for a frame to take apart and resize and modernise for practice before I spend the big bucks on new lugs and tubes. One of the recyclers had it and I gave him 10$. Looked at the RD and it's a Suntour V-GT-luxe date code QB. So I go to Vintage-Trek and it says 1974 February. I was looking for a tubing sticker and it's long gone. Could some one tell me if it's Cro-Mo double dutted, or straight gauge, worse Hi-Ten. If this turns out to be a special bike please someone tell me so I don't chop up history. Someone said if a bike doesn't have a RD brazon, bolt on wheels, and stem shifters it's a POC so figured this was a chop bike, untill I checked the date code. Oh incidentaly the rear dropout is stamped WCCSC and I have never seen a cheap frame with an ingraved drop out.
Last edited by Alan Edwards; 05-25-11 at 08:32 PM.