Old 01-17-14 | 08:55 AM
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Chitown_Mike
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Bikes: 88 Trek 800 - gone to new cheeks; '14 Trek 1.2 - aka The X1 Advanced; '13 Trek 3500 Disc

I wanted to thank the brains of this thread for saving me from myself. Last night I picked up an old Schwinn double-butted moly frame for free. After getting it home I started to tear over it. I eventually found the dread rings in the paint on the toptube AND downtube right behind the head tube. Looks like the bike was crashed and bent both. Plus after looking at other aspects, the frame was definitely "tired" and an 85 Sprint (I believe after running what numbers I could find).

So the stem was worth the trip so that was taken out and I think it will fit my Trek, which I need a shorter reach on anyway.

So thanks C&V folks for keeping me off a bad and unsafe frame, which by now is on it's way to the scrap pile via a scrap metal collector.
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