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04-24-26 | 11:49 AM

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portlandareae28

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Originally Posted by L134

I had a 1980 for some 30 years and loved it. It had an Arai drum for a drag brake. I never put that many miles on it as i never had a stoker who loved riding as much as I but I did do a fully loaded tour from Jasper to West Glacier on it in 1982. I also used it to deliver kids to birthday parties etc. The only issue I can remember is that I wanted to raise the bars higher than the existing stem allowed. I visited Santana about that and was told by Bill McCready the steerer was some weird size (BMX??) and stems not readily available. He tried to sell me on a new bike instead but I didn't like their tig welded frames nearly as much as my fillet brazed frame. McCready actually agreed the old ones were prettier. I lived with what I had.

Icefields Parkway

Logan Pass

Santa Barbara to San Diego - 1999?

Thank you for sharing, I dig the color of your Santana, I have 2 early ones, they are both blue.

Funny, my bike came from San DIego, I bought it sight unseen, somehow got it to Washington state where I lived at the time never really unpacked than got moved to Socal where it has been hanging out until the last few days that I thought, I need to get this thing put back together and out for some rides.

Interesting info about the stem quill diameter, there was a 21.1 bmx size, but I recall mine having a fairly standard road stem on it. I will double check this tonight and see what I find.

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