Last thing, you know what is really nice. Each of the three, the first time I sat on them and rode them out of the garage, each made me smile and swear to myself this was the nicest most correct bike I ever rode. Thats a nice feeling, it may not last forever, but to those who have experienced it, you understand my silly grin.. Thats what these C&V bikes make you become addicted to. Simplicity, elegance, ease of repair, maintenance, and accomplishment of resurrecting the old, forgotten, steel of youth
How many times have each of us gotten on a refurbished bike, and swore, this is the one I will never sell??? Only to contribute to the thread, a few years later, I regret selling that one: Thats ok though, if it didn't go at that fork in your life, or the next, at some time, some move, some milestone, some divorce, some child needing college money, it would have gone. That is what is so nice with these old bikes, they come along, we acquire/fix/relish them and are able to move on with great memories.