Originally Posted by
Pcampeau
I really don’t know if we’re going to be able to put an accurate date on this frame. While this bike is certainly beautiful, it’s been repainted and stocked with parts from various years. Some of the transfers are vinyl. Look at the TA bottle cage, it’s not strapped to the frame with metal straps but bolted into braze ons. For all we know none of this stuff is original including the head badge. I like this bike a lot and I love seeing it here, these are interesting parts and the build is well thought out. I don’t mean this as any kind of criticism and I’m no expert. Many people here certainly know better than I do. Whatever year it’s from this a nice find. I’d still love to see a pic of the entire bike and maybe a pic of the dropouts, both front and back.
You may be right about some of it but IMO nobody would retain the rear shifter and FD/shifter if not original, the rest are obviously mostly well thought out upgrades and likely not the first round of them. The HB matches the shifters and would be very hard to track down on its own being as old as it is.
Most of these have poor paint by now so the repaint may be the best part of this, especially if it was done long ago and the braze ons really don't hurt at this point.
Agree on more, better full on pics.
