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Old 04-13-22 | 07:02 AM
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Bikes: ? Proteous, '65 Frejus TDF, '73 Bottecchia Giro d'Italia, '83 Colnago Superissimo, '84 Trek 610, '84 Trek 760, '88 Pinarello Veneto, '88 De Rosa Pro, '89 Pinarello Montello, 'Litespeed Catalyst'94 Burley Duet, 97 Specialized RockHopper, 2010 Langster

My sister was returning her friends bike from several decades ago. Asked me to try to clean it up some.
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Had the original tires on it. I pumped them up and the tubes held up fine.
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The rubber doesn't get exposed to UV or any other agents of deterioration while in the tire except for the air pumped in.
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