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Old 12-12-20, 09:44 PM
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79pmooney
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No. That bike is my workhorse. I'm now retired but before, when things happened, I went to the local shops and picked up a usable used frame. It started as a Peugeot UO-8; turned fix gear in 1976. Shortened it on a car door in 1982. Picked up Japanese built sport Schwinn frame. (fun ride!) That got stolen 4 years later but the key part, the Campy track hub rear wheel was not on it so a Sekine got built around that. Broke that frame and picked up a Miyata 610 frame. 27,000 miles later, I shortened that in a crash 2008 and picked up the Trek frame that now has a 20,000 miles, powder re-paint and repairs on the seatstay caps.

Sorry, no photos or ideas on where to find a frame like mine. I don't even know exactly what it is. A Trek store owner told me it was a 2003 420 as I recall, but it doesn't look like the 420s I've seen pictures of. I got the frame with no decals, just the Trek head badge. It is (I think) high tensile stays and fork, butted main tubes. Again, I think that it is, at least in part, Japanese built.
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