When picking up my new wheels last night, I was shown a frame that the seller could not identify.

The head badge was black, rectangular, with the side profile of a cyclist climbing a hill. The cyclist and horizon of the hill were both in gold. I have searched velobase.com and other sites, which has resulted in nothing similar.

Some other information is that the lugs were fancy, similar to Nervex. The frame was stamped Japan near the bottom bracket with the SN stamped on the downtube.

The components were mostly Shimano, I believe he said 600 series. I emailed the seller to inquire into the components.

Any help in identifying the brand would be appreciated. I believe the plan for this bike is to sell it and know someone who is interested in purchasing.

Thanks!

Dan

Edit* FWIW, the person who sold the bike to its current owner said that it was a JC Penny bike. The current owner asked me if I knew what it was because he didn't believe a department store bike would have the components and lugwork the bike has on it. Given my very limited knowledge of bicycles, I had no clue and decided to post here.