Originally Posted by cudak888

I'm inclined to believe it. One would have had to clean the chainrings and freewheel afterward, and it does not look as if the crankset dustcap has had any damage from removal (to take the crankset off - can't get it as clean as in the auction without taking the rings - including the granny - off).



I have no idea, though I could not help but think that whoever bought themselves an NOS machine also inherited themselves a tricky NOS problem.



Much appreciated, and no, mine was not even close in price. $350 as I got it + about $500 put into it to get it back to stock.

I'll say one thing though - the machine in the auction could easily become 10 times more palatable with a simple handlebar and saddle adjustment. Red bar tape would help too, but even I couldn't get myself to un-wrap that crappy NOS Hunt-Wilde black tape. As for the turkey wings...well, that's a different story

-Kurt