Originally Posted by
Parabolous
No, I just like to look and if I can, find a cool vintage bike to play with and keep for future generations. My Vilano frankenbike is my commuter; 2 speeds and loads of fun.
Judging by your signature you should have a enough basic knowledge to sort the wheat from the chaff. in most cases a claw attached RD, bolt on wheels, Ashtabula (one piece) crank, and stem shifters should mean low end. Also if you look close you can see how paper thing the dropouts are on this frame.
First things I look for are a RD hanger, cotter less cranks and brazed on DT shifters. Then try and get a read on the frame full ChroMo or TreTubi ChroMo, not that tretubi is bad, and the fork ChroMo or HiTen. Wheels are next QR front and rear.
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