Originally Posted by
Raleigh74
I think you’re right. The seat stay caps look more like the T-500 to me. Yes, the stays have what’s left of cantilever brazeons as well as the fork. The T-500 lists Suntour rear dropouts and a Bridgestone hi-ten fork, which I would presume could/would have Bridgestone dropouts. So, it is probably the original fork. There is a lot of paint on this frame. It took a while just to sand down to the Basso decals.
I can't make out the LDT's caps that well - they appear the same, just with some gold pinstriping.
I'd snoop around the chainstay to see if there's evidence of a removed chain stay guard braze-on.
-Kurt