Originally Posted by
repechage
DD- didn’t you have a dark green one? Yours has the “confente” chain stay graphics.
I did;
qcpmsame is the proud owner of that frame today. It was a tad too small for me, but it was still one of the best-handling bikes I'd ever ridden. When I found my California Burgandy in 58cm, I was pretty pleased. And I love the "just right" fork curvature on mine, too.
Btw, I am the second owner. The original owner bought the components in late 1979 and the frame in February of 1980. The components came mostly from Wright Bros. Cycles while the frame and a few sundry items came frome Pine Street Bike Shop, both right here in Seattle. WBC is still here, though relocated to Fremont while PSBS has long since departed the pattern.
I have all the receipts of the original build; perhaps this weekend I can get around to taking photos of those documents and uploading them to Flickr. And then here. We'll see. The previous owner also included a 1979 Medici brochure which called my decal set's seat tube bands "star bands". It's my understanding this was the original decal set before going to the rainbow stripe versions.
I love this bike; I mean, the ride is sublime.
DD