Originally Posted by mswantak
I bet if you dropped in an alloy crank and put on a pair of alloy wheels it'd end up being a keeper; that'd knock about 7 or 8 pounds off the weight, and make it an even sweeter riding bike than it is already. I've had three of them and I swear I like them better than my Grand Touring.
I concur. That's what I did with my lowly Peugeot UO-8, which is my current daily driver.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069