Originally Posted by
devinfan
Great bike, even better story! Congratulations. The yellow accents on the bars pull the whole thing together. I love the plum colour of the frame, it's not one you see too often. As for the lever, I actually think Uni's look kind of cool that way, they have a very no-nonsense, mechanical look.
Thank you devinfan! The color is uncommon - sort of a deep burgundy wine color I've never seen before. I am pleased that you too can appreciate the look of the raw levers - I've done this a couple of times before where hoods were unavailable rather that substituting other levers, and I liked the effect.
I.e.:
The Altenbergers on my '74 Raliegh Record:
And the Mafacs on my 79 Ross Aristocrat:
