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Old 08-28-23 | 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by rustystrings61
Before DiNucci, before Metz, there was Tim Neenan. Before Sinyard hired him, Neenan was already building as Lighthouse Cycles. I have so far been unable to get a response from him, but the construction details (made for nutted calipers, fillet-brazed Reynolds 531 instead of Columbus tubing) lead me to suspect this is a ‘70s Lighthouse, perhaps very early 80s. I got it as a bare frame thinking it was similar to an early Sequioa, but as I started assembling it I realized it was nearly identical, geometry-wise, to my (recently sold) ‘88 Sirrus.
Metz?



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