Thanks - I'm thinking day-tripper, maybe with a rear rack. Larger tires and leather saddle and bar tape? That's about as far as I've got. I want to build it up for the Spring and ride it from Toronto to Welland Ontario to see the Comfort Giant Maple tree.

I've never been along them, but I was surprised to find out how many miles of bicycle trails there in the Welland area.

I really don't understand frames like this. Why would you build a frame with long rear drop-outs, eyelets on the rear and pump peg and then not have eyelets on the fork?

nice color frame, should look well done when finished

Maybe it's for riders like me! I find all the above useful, but I'd never ride in the rain.

There's lots of beautiful riding once you get close to Niagara Falls. A lot of the ride there is pretty dull though. Last time I got lost in Niagara on the Lake, and it was one of the nicest places to ride I've ever been. The great thing about the Falls trip is it's a nice day-trip out, you can stay overnight and take in a few sights and then ride back the next morning.

Strange, in the 4 years that I lived in Toronto it wasn't possible to ride far enough to need double bottle bosses and not chance getting rained on. You could most defintely not ride to the Welland area without risking getting rained upon on one way or the other. I guess weather forecasting in Toronto is ahead of any other place in the world. :-) :-)

Are you sure it isn't a replacement fork?

Nice! Usually when I have an "unexpected win" on eBay, I discover what the other bidders figured out when it arrives. :o

That's usually me, too. I hope it's not in this case! As to the fork, it could be a replacement - the seller is selling it on consignment and wasn't able to provide any details other than who it was built for. The fork seems to "go" with the frame aesthetically, but that's about all I can say. I just won it last night. Likely when it arrives all the threads will be stripped or something knowing my luck.

I had a Waterford 1200(?) like that. It was designed for credit card/supported touring. It still made no sense to me but that is what I was told on the Waterford forum.

Thats beautiful. I've only seen one Behringer in my life, Wayne Stetina's.

Should be an awesome ride when you get it built up. Nice score!

If it was ever an issue, you could just use P-clamps. I read that some of the Melton frames had the same thing going on. Supposedly some of his left over frames and forks were matched together after his shop closed, so sometimes the fork and frame eyelets didn't match.

Nice project start. That bike is just a couple of hours from me on the NE side of Indy. How is customs on a bike, I've shipped a few guitars to Canada and received a few w/o issue.

May be the case here. The bike was designed for a specific person for an equally specific purpose, so who knows? I think the original owner used to play for the LA Dodgers so maybe I can track him down and ask him!

That's an easy one - Pino Morroni. I'd like to see it!