A rare neat moment
This old thing came together from some used and new parts too hastily. At first my story was going to be deprivation and a move to have something to ride, but I think rather I didn't want to cold set anything to 130mm which was new at the time. (Another builder acquainted liked to say nothing is new; he used a Bridgeport instead of Dremel\4-in grinder.) This coincidentally came out light, hence the store-bought 753 fork. The internal tange matching one is the only road fork I've built; it's silver, except the ends. I used to get tubes and parts from Cycle Imports in Maine, which had clb brakes. I just got a Basso built Multi Shape frame, but not in my size. I spent days with frisket paper painting Atala on the downtube of a repair for my girl which preserved the chrome rear triangle, which I insisted she first ride Mt Washington. Before dumping me she sandblasted the logo off and powdercoated it; it was the only properly finished bike I ever built.