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Old 04-17-20, 05:30 PM
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Doug Fattic 
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This is a chrome bicycle for sale now on Craigslist (I don't have any relationship with the seller) I made for Tom Doughty back in the 80's when he was on the national team. This is a picture from Craigslist. His uncle ran a chrome platting business so after I built the frame Tom sent it to him to get chromed. The seller has some details wrong in his description list. It isn't made out of Columbus SLX (it was't even being made then) but rather a combination of SP and SL. Long ago in its life the right rear dropout broke and I replaced it but it was never rechromed again so it has to be frequently cleaned so rust won't kill it.

The seller (who I don't personally know) has been trying to sell it for a long time. I remember he had it for sale at last year's South Bend Indiana swap meet. I don't remember the seller's name. I think it belonged to someone else between Tom and him. It has typical road racing frame geometry. Tom was mostly a time trial specialist but commonly used this bicycle for riding criteriums. I made Tom several frames over the years and he always wanted the next one to have a lower BB height. He believed he could get through corners better not pedaling with a lower BB. Of course for normal people not racing crits a lower one makes more sense.

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