Originally Posted by
nlerner
Thanks for the digging. The only other clue I can add is that the fork ends are Shimano, and it came to me with a SunTour Cyclone MkII front derailleur, SR stem, and Sakae Randonneur bars. I don't know if those are original, of course, but somehow I'm thinking a US builder using solid mid 80s Japanese parts.
Neal
I see the rear dropouts are vertical; are they Shimano as well?
I had a custom frame built in 1980 (by Andy Gilmour in Tuscon, AZ) and we used Suntour drops because I wanted vertical but Campy's verticals were kinda cheesy.
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