I finally got a response from aggiebluebikes, the organization selling this bicycle.

They were willing and able to take some better pics of key components and the head badge. They also informed me that the price was erroneously listed at $30 but the actual price should have been $100.

Having had a 3 day weekend to think about it I had decided this morning that I’m going to pass on this bike. The increased price solidified my decision.

Even at $100 I feel like this would be an okay purchase, but not a great one.

Pondering on my list at the beginning of this thread, I think I don’t really want to take on a project that eventually I know I’ll just pass along in the (probably not too distant) future.

Additionally, I’ve got plenty of project fodder hanging around here:
1) 1991 Fat City Wicked Fat Chance
2) 1989 Mt. Shasta Pachanga
3) 1995 Trek Singletrack 930 (should I decide to project it)
4) A Trek FX 7.3 (again, should I decide to project it)
5) 1992 Fishlips Toxic Tuna mountain bike. This one’s too small for me but it is very rare and was one of my grail bikes for a while.

Still trying to get rid of bikes and buying another one doesn’t reduce the number of bikes hanging around here. Sometimes ya gotta be brutal and disciplined and forsake acquiring more, however interesting a project may be….

FWIW, here are the pics the guy sent me:










And for the record, this surely looks like a Takara Model 8 as referenced in the road test posted earlier….