Originally Posted by
seypat
Good score. For future reference, I think I like the darker wheel better than the back one on it. It would look wicked with a set of the dark ones.
Agreed. I actually have an old long-forgotten wheelset built with 600 hubs from this era, and dark grey anodized Wolber Aspin tubular rims. Haven't used them since the old days of Tub-nasti. Now I'm tossing around the notion of actually putting some fresh tubulars on them, trying out the tape option.
Originally Posted by
texaspandj
Congrats and welcome to the team.
That is definitely an '86. Beyond the color scheme and components they're subtle differences between the '85 and '86. Notably wheel clearance, wheelbase difference, Forks and the shifters braze on.
Thank you, and thanks for the additional intel. I do like shifter braze-ons. I was pretty sure about the year, just interesting that the 5M in the serial # indicates June '85; didn't realize they switched model years that early in the year.