Originally Posted by
reiker
That bike has some potential! The frame looks nice, anyway. I'm wondering what the heck that chainring is doing in the middle of the timing chain, and he has the cantilevers connected with a crazy long yoke cable. But at $200, you've got plenty of room to fix it up to something you like, even adding brifters, etc. My 1979 Santana has worked well for us so far, on quite a few rides up to 60 miles.
The he floating chainring provides tension.