Originally Posted by
leicanthrope
Just picked this "new" old bike up a few days ago, and I've just gotten it dialed in most of the way as my new commuter bike. The historical purist in me still wants to replace the rear rack with something that's a little less anachronistic to the rest of the bike, but the current one still works quite well in a purely functional sense. Not sure if I'm going to mount fenders on it just yet, or if I'm going to use rainy days as an excuse to relieve my old hybrid from it's newly found state of neglect.

Beautiful bike. The hoods are a bit high for my taste, but if they work for you in that position, awesome.