1978 is in what I call the “dark days” period.
I have seen all kinds of configurations.
front forks where the pads on a normal reach brake are set all the way down.
really unclear who was driving the train.
Rob Roberson helped steady the ship when he was building at the “Ranch”, an outbuilding on the owner’s property in Rancho Santa Fe.
rare is the frame that gets pushed back and does not have some twist between the rear wheel plane and the steering tube axis.