I think I gave the whole story on my International in a separate thread, but the short story is that I bought it NIB around the year 2000. It was much too nice to make any changes.... except for throwing on some MA-2 clincher rims. The original rims, spokes and tires are stashed away, "just in case". The original tubulars were in very good condition. Apparently bike shop basements are well suited for archival storage.

Steve in Peoria