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| sandranian |
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| Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 6:58 am |
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| scozim |
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| Nice photo - I've never paid attention to cross bikes much. Are bar end shifters common on them? The one in the photo has them. |
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| Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 8:26 am |
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| Bar end shifters were standard on cross bikes through the 1980s...until they came out with "brifters". |
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| Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 9:14 am |
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| Peter S. Horn |
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Great picture! I've been wrong enough times before, but this velo looks like an '88. That would make it a 753 bike. If it is an '89, it might be a 653 ((Reynolds 531 (possibly 531P) main frame and fork; Reynolds 753 stays)) bike. Toshiba rode Gitane Team 653 bikes, I believe, in '88-'89, Dura Ace equipped. U.S. "Replica 11" bikes came in in '89 equipped with Croce d' Aune. I do not believe that we got a cross model.
Bienvenue,
Peter H.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 1:29 pm |
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