Originally Posted by 79pmooney

I had a ~61cm 610 perhaps a year or two earlier than this one Second Edit: I'm getting my bikes confused. I think my 610 was '85 or a touch later. Got it used in '90. Rode it as a commuter through all weather and a bunch of crashes for 20 years and 27,000 miles. Now I started with a bare frame so I cannot speak for the parts. That frame is excellent. Probably butted main tubes and hi-ten stays and fork. Very well made and strong. Bike rode well. It was slightly odd in geometry. Touring, so a long head tube but medium top tube. BB was high. I still don't know why. I rode it fix gear and loved that feature. Other 610s I've seen don't seem to have that oddity.

I'd still be riding it except I destroyed it in a crash that would doom any bike. (It would be at 47,000 miles now.)

Edit: Size - I was 6'-1/2", long legs when I got it. (Legs are still long but the rest is shrinking.) So, longer legs than you, shorter torso and probably lot longer arms. Standover on mine which was a size larger than that one was a little close. I'm guessing that bike would fit you just fine with no more than perhaps a stem change. (Any old 22.2 quill stem will fit so you have thousands to choose from. Nothing quirky on those frames.)

Third edit: Those cantilever brakes are as good as you'll find. I took one ride when I got my 610 and promptly took them off and put them on my custom where they still are. I never saw those brake on other bikes but they are keepers!