Originally Posted by sirpoopalot
huh, interesting. the 1984 specialized expedition had low rider fork mounts, my 1983-84 univega grand touring has the mounts(interesting bike- canti brakes, low rider mounts, but double crank- wtf?) , but the 1984 fuji touring series III did not have low rider mounts.
was the frame originally the color of the fork, or was that like a crome fork intentionally meant to offset the frame color?
The frame was originally metallic black with a silver headtube. The fork was painted, I stripped it down to the chrome. My girlfriend's '89 International has low rider braze ons. The international was the second tier Touring model in the Nishiki line-up at the time, the continental may have had the braze ons. Not too sure. I am not to keen on low rider braze-ons anyway. If the bold happens to snap it's a pain in the ass to extract, the clamps are stronger anyway.
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