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Old 08-20-06, 06:41 PM
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Rustedbird
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Mostly a UE8M, what of it that survived the passage of time.

It was original for a year, then I upgraded it. That's the third rear wheel it has had. The original steel rims were swapped out in 85, and it has a Nervar crank that I bought in Frankfurt. The handlebars are some very narrow German sport touring bars, alloy. I used to be nervous about the creaking but they ain't broke yet. A lot of us sorta "hot-rodded" our rides. Most of the parts came from a shop on Miguel-Allee. The suicide levers were dremelled off a long time ago. No white hoods, what you see is what it came with.

The second rear wheel was destroyed by a Turkish girl on an old utility bike'. She rode right into the wheel and bent it. Ugh. It spent some time in Virginia Beach as a stripped down beach bike, and when I put it back to what it was supposed to "be", that what was available. Hey, at least they are French parts!
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