Below is my Friend's 979, SN E131374.
I also picked up mine from the goodwill store. The bike I think has never been on the road, a NOS if you will. The wheels are mismatched, front one has durace hub with mavic open pro cd, back wheel has TNT hub, with mavic reflex.
picture of the fork:
seatpost - Douglas saddle, never heard of it.
stem - Is threadless or quill? can't really tell... I have disassemble to find out.
paper work:
inside the "Rouler facile et sur' carnet the SN does not match with the warrantee card and dated 6/6/1989 and has a Nashbar store stamp in it.
. The SN is not the same on the bike, may be a clerical error. However, the date and the SN on the brochure don't support the SN/date code scheme.
