Originally Posted by
Leigh30
Then this means that the only differences b/w YOUR International and the Continental are the absence of canti bosses and lowrider mounts and one set of water bottle mounts instead of two. I assume the geometry is the same.
Mine is probably, as Anthony pointed out, the previous model before the change to the one like yours. Furthermore, mine has hi-tensile forks and stays, yours is full cro-mo.
How do you know he has cro-mo stays? I don't know if mine has a cro-mo fork or not but I suspect it does. I know mine has hi-ten stays as does Valley's '89. As far as I know Internationals always have hi-ten stays.
As for being like a continental: Continentals changed just like the internationals. An '83 continental would have caliper bakes too and no low rider braze-ons. And the colour of Richo's bike matches that of the '83 international options. You will probably never know if it is perhaps a continental frame painted as an international. Continental and international were always virtually the same, with the continental having better tubing and better components.
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