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Old 12-17-11 | 11:19 AM
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Charles Wahl
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Specialized Expedition, Miyata 1000, Nishiki Cresta, Univega Specialissima, or if you want something lighter (but no bottle braze-ons), a 1970s Motobecane Grand Jubilé or Grand Record; not Peugeot PX-10 because they have that Simplex-derailer-only hanger. Swiss or French bottom bracket threading on Motos is no problem if you can live with IRD cartridge bottom bracket (JIS tapers) and their aluminum Swiss cups for it. Bottles are easy enough to accommodate on bar mounts, behind-saddle mounts, or the old TA cages with rings that go around a down tube.

A lot of the Japanese bikes from the 80s with double- or triple-butted tubing are nice and light, and still had fender eyelets on the dropouts.
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