Originally Posted by
RobbieTunes
and P.S. I believe one of our own came home from Trexlertown with one of the aforementioned beauties.....
Indeed, but beauty often fades!
Some photos detailing areas of difference between the "Equipe" and "Project" frames:
Shorter seatstay caps with "flying C" oriented different than Equipe:
Different chainstay and brake bridge pieces:
"Project" decals:
Internally lugged SC type fork crown vs. tanged fork crown on Equipe:
No cutouts in shell as appear on Equipe:
Different chainstay bridge piece:
Other differences of note: no chromed lugs, no pump peg, no front derailleur braze-on. It's possible the lugsets were different, or were filed differently. The points on my Project appear longer than those on the Equipe I previously owned, and the seatpost binder ears appear slightly different.
Size is stamped on BB shell, as it is on the Equipe.