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Old 10-24-11 | 05:56 PM
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Bikes: The keepers: 1969 Magneet Sprint, 1971 Gitane Tour de France, 1973 Raleigh Twenty, 3 - 1986 Rossins.

If I could find that same bike in opaque blue, I'd be in heaven. Black fenders, tape, cable guides, swap the clinchers out for sewups and I'd have the bike I toured the northeast on almost 40 years ago. I'd happily settle for one of the other colors in a pinch.

Drop the dork disk and turkey levers. For keeping it period correct, you're not going to do a lot better than Shimano Crane. Brooks saddle, of course.
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