Picked this up in Tenleytown last week for $125. Not complaining as I just flipped an ’84 Motobecane Jubilee Sport for $150, lol. Previous owner had found it abandoned and done a lot of work to restore it (new seat, bearing overhaul, new cables, new tubes, new tires). It’s a 23″ frame made from triple butter Ishiwata EX chromoly tubing with a chromoly fork as well. So far I’ve only ridden it 25 miles but it’s definitely far livelier than my yellow hi-ten Panasonic. The bike weighs about 24.5 lbs per the catalog and was apparently built by Bridgestone for Trek.
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Oh I forgot to mention how great this thing shifts! Somehow the shifters feel ratcheted too.
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Picked this up in Tenleytown last week for $125. Not complaining as I just flipped an ’84 Motobecane Jubilee Sport for $150, lol. Previous owner had found it abandoned and done a lot of work to restore it (new seat, bearing overhaul, new cables, new tubes, new tires). It’s a 23″ frame made from triple butter Ishiwata EX chromoly tubing with a chromoly fork as well. So far I’ve only ridden it 25 miles but it’s definitely far livelier than my yellow hi-ten Panasonic. The bike weighs about 24.5 lbs per the catalog and was apparently built by Bridgestone for Trek.
Oh I forgot to mention how great this thing shifts! Somehow the shifters feel ratcheted too.