Originally Posted by
mstateglfr
70cm C to C? Who made those? As someone who rides 63-65cm, I look thru old catalogs and really don't see anything over 68.5cm.
- what top tube length is needed? Top tubes are often effectively barely longer than smaller sized frames of the same model.
The brand name on the bike is Panasonic. From Sheldon Brown's website: "Panasonic, the bicycle brand of the mighty
Matsu****a conglomerate,
made very nice bicycles, beautifully built, but never very successful in the U.S. market." T-mar has more on this topic.