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Old 12-29-16 | 08:17 AM
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From: Fredericksburg, Va

Bikes: ? Proteous, '65 Frejus TDF, '73 Bottecchia Giro d'Italia, '83 Colnago Superissimo, '84 Trek 610, '84 Trek 760, '88 Pinarello Veneto, '88 De Rosa Pro, '89 Pinarello Montello, 'Litespeed Catalyst'94 Burley Duet, 97 Specialized RockHopper, 2010 Langster

@veloham - I still have all the parts from that bike including the bent frame and fork. The stem and HB are French dimensions, but I never reallyl measured the bar by itself. It is in a bin with other bike part bins and not to difficult to drag out to take measurements. BTW, I bought this bike in 1973, used. The PO had installed a kickstand, denting the chain stays and swapped the stock sew-ups for clinchers which I replaced with Rigida's and ran Specialized Turbo 1" tires.


I never really was able to bond with this bike and I don't know why. I was in the process when a car pulled in front of me, left hook, while I was cruising along at 21mph in 2008. The front wheel went right, the bars left and I went over, landing on the roof/windshield joint and then flew to the ground. Another story, but there is not an unbent part on the fork and the TT and DT were both bent. the aesthetics of this bike are hard to ignore and rival many popular ones, IMHO. I just can't throw it away.
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