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Old 02-21-07 | 01:43 AM
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Austro-Daimler SLE
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In exchange for work done (and work yet to be done!) on a friend's bike, I was given a mostly complete Austro-Daimler SLE frameset. Tubing looks to be all 531, with Weinmann sidepull calipers featuring cool little adjustment knobs. The stem is marked "GB", and the bars have a cyclist logo on the left side and a globe on the right. Shifters and derailluers are Huret, crank is Stronglight, and the top tube cable clamps are marked with a "S" in a what looks like a starburst.

This looks pretty close in color/trim, but the crank is different:
http://www.bulgier.net/pics/bike/Cat...ler/82/SLE.jpg

I was going to build this out for myself until the Italian frame I posted about elsewhere came to my attention. Now, I'm not sure what to do with it, but it'll probably get built out as a 6 speed and sold off to finance the Italian (should I acquire it).

A few pics:











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