We found this in the basement at the bike shop. Appears to have some beat 531 stickers. Has campy dropouts and interesting water bottle bosses. Serial number says “BO97” but unsure what the bike is as it probably has been repainted. It does have a 27.2 seatpost too and some nicer legwork.
by reed12321
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Won’t let me edit but I meant to say it has nice LUGWORK
It looks a little like it has the wrong BB spindle. Can you measure the actual shell width?
Might be an old Peugeot
Don’t think it’s a Peugeot. I know people will say you can’t tell a marque by the components but sometimes they can reveal provenance. The lugs should help you identify brand (long spearpoint with a circle cut out). The parts are a jumble: Sakae? Crankset; SunTour Blue Line R der? Shimano Titleist? front? Weinmann brakes. Definitely a repaint. So why a Reynolds decal on the seat tube but not on the forks after a repaint? I know I know I’m adding more to the mystery than helping you. Should be pre-1982 (no braze-ons). The handlebars do look like the goofy ones Peugeot used with a long reach. And that seat cluster!!! Fantastic. You may have a one-off custom.
I say Raleigh. I’ve see that crank on Raleighs. Raleigh did Campy drop outs. Plus Raleigh’s had the same sort of fork lugging and cable stays on the top tube. I am basing this off of a 70’s Competition G.S. I own.
Interesting that it has water bottle mounts but no other braze on fittings. I’d say 70’s. Could be from a small custom builder.
60s-70s.
Possibly French and is supposed to have a slightly wider seatpost.
If nobody here has solved it, your best bet is to check in of the Classic & Vintage sub on bikeforums.net. I think you still gotta do the ten posts before posting pics thing, but there’s probably still a couple of human encyclopedias signing in there every week or two.
Nishiki or Univega perhaps.
Love brazed frames
Are there perhaps stampings on the steerer tube?
No chrome, lightened bottom bracket shell and no braze-on’s except for one water bottle leads me to believe it’s from a small builder, from the 1970’s.
76 Nishiki competition
Perhaps a Schwinn Super Sport.
Friend has a70s Holdsworth with very similar lug work/dropouts
Looks just like my 1987 Panasonic Team America (still have it). 1) The Panasonic was equipped with Dura-Ace 2) Panasonic top tube cable guides, a chain hanger, and shifter and pump pegs brazed on..
Other than that, the fork, lug work, and dropouts look exactly the same.
Looks like an old Schwinn i had., “World Voyager” or some such, from the 70’s., Chrome Molly frame
Looks like a CCM from the mid 70’s. Like a Mistral that was painted orange.
Looks like my miele doral
Miele