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Location: Brunswick, Maine
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Bikes: 1948 P. Barnard & Son, 1962 Rudge Sports, 1963 Freddie Grubb Routier, 1980 Manufrance Hirondelle, 1983 F. Moser Sprint, 1989 Raleigh Technium Pre, 2001 Raleigh M80
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The zig-zag marks are light scoring and are caused from removing the bars. A lot of vintage bars have them. The scuff just looks like someone had a computer there. To ease your mind, put one bar-end in a tube that is held in a vice and try to bend them. They'll take your whole body weight without even flinching.