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Old 01-28-20 | 05:03 PM
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A clear indicator that a bike boom bicycle was actually ridden was the number of part modifications that were made to the bike. Garage queens all have OEM equipment. Here's my Super Course receipt from 45 years ago:


Anybody that says you shouldn't modify a vintage bike probably wasn't riding BITD. If you swapped out your Campy shift levers for Simplex retrofriction, it was a clear sign that you were a smart rider.

Straightblock didn't give me any grief for asking Big Wheel Bike Shop in Fresno, California to modify my Super Course.
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