My bike's better than me!
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 2,267
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From: Northern Colorado
Bikes: Moots Vamoots, 'Dale T2000, DB Response Comp, '98 G. Fisher HKEK, '89 Panasonic DX-6000, '88 Fisher Montare XT, '83 Nishiki Int'l, '72 MB GR, '75 MB GJ, '77 MB LC, '85 Centurion Ironman, '82 Miyata 710
One more ....
How rusty are the inside of the tubes? If it's anything more than just plain-old surface rust ... it's time to say goodbye (because this probably won't be the last catastrophic failure she experiences).
And with the weather in Dayton, and from the little I can glean from the pictures ... I'm guessing there's puh-lenty of rust lurking within.
No bueno.