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Old 09-21-06 | 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by germs
Bought this for ichi man (about $86 after yen --> $ conversion) in my small town of Nio-cho. It was actually a bike/scooter shop with scooter/motorcycle/car repair. Having just moved to Japan I was in desperate need of anything that wasn't a Japanese cruiser. The shop didn't have any real bikes and I don't speak Japanese. The old man went digging in his shed to pull this immaculate bike out. It looked as though it had been used for a couple months and thrown in storage. It at least from 1987 as there's an insurance sticker on it.

All Shimano 600 with BioPace chainrings. (Virtually no wear on any gears and chain measured like new)
Sansin Hubs (first letter D would also suggest '87) with unmarked tubular rims with panaracer tires (both held pressure for about 10 miles until the thread bubbled).
Working computer with cadance.

All weighing in at 22lbs.

This is probably the wrong forum to mention that I then stripped it and made it a fixie . I'll post a pic in the fixed thread next.

I can't see your photo for some reason, but for the love of Eddy Merckx please tell us you didn't Dremel off the cable stops and such!
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