This took way longer than it should have. I attempted to give this one it's first ride on Dale's Inaugural Bourbon and Tobacco Tour, but the fates were against it. Embarrassingly, the pedal mishap turned out to be me rushing the final put-together and not tightening them down all the way. I decided to go out early yesterday to beat the heat, and get a ride in. Still have a stuck link in the chain that needs to get sorted out. It was quite an annoyance throughout the ride, but I went through 35 miles hoping it would eventually free itself up. That turned out to be wishful thinking, but none-the-less, I do think I will enjoy this in its current configuration.

One thing I have noticed though is that it takes a soda can shim to get the 27.2 seat post to stay put. Might this have been built requiring a 27.4 post back in 1977?