Pretty bike for sure. I've never seen that brand before. Should make a good city cruiser or whatnot.

Looks mid range-ish to me too. Not low end. Not top of the line. I'd agree with T-Mar that it may be a better grade of hi ten with the possibility of something fancier in the main triangle. They wouldn't have put TA on a low end bike.

FWIW hi ten is not gas pipe. I know we're all joking around, but some folks might get the impression that hi ten and gas pipe are the same - they're not. Hi tensile steel is kind of a wide category but includes some very good grades of steel. OTOH there were some actual gas pipe (mild steel) bikes - all those spot welded Huffys and All-pros they made in the 70s for example. Some hi tensile high carbon steel is quite good stuff, and approaches chromoly in tensile strength. The 2040 steel used in later Motobecanes for example made a very good frame. Those in some ways were a better that their competitors that used chromoly maintubes and mystery steel on the stays and forks. [/rant]