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Old 09-29-11, 08:53 AM
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I checked out the bike, it was piece of junk, it was a piece of junk when it was new!! Probably made in the late 70's it used the department store Suntour 7 derailleurs that were never sold in LBS's. It had the original steel rim in the back but at some point they replaced the front with a cheap aluminum wheel. It had those top bar shifters, and the bike was very heavy. It wasn't even worth the scrap value! All along the guy is telling me it's a high end bike!! I had to politely tell him the bike was a low end bike. But now I know what a BCA bike is. Although the lugs were very unusual, kind of gothic? not sure how to explain them, but they were chunky with several points around the lugs instead of just one, like a W shape instead of a V like most lugs. The dropouts were cheap pressed or stamped dropouts, but the fork was half chromed while the stays were painted.
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