Originally Posted by tacomee
Yeah, I know you could race it..... but why? Road bikes are so completely cheap nowdays.... 500 bucks gets you a bike that would have been the lightest and smoothest shifting bike in the world in 1970.
Maybe it's just me but free seems a lot less than $500 (again, aside from the fact that it's too small).
Also, the frame dates from the mid 80's, not 1970. Those Mavic components shift quite well and the overall weight of that bike is not off par from today's.