>
>> Speaking of which, on Wednesday I picked up a 1977 Puch 100-year Marco
>> Polo bike at a thrift store for
>>just $25:
>>
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/13959494566/
>>
>> Cleaned it up and replaced the inner tubes yesterday (broken Presta
>> valves), and later this morning
>>it goes out for a shake-down cruise. One of these sold last week on eBay for
>>$475.
>
>
>Lovely!
>
Just got back from the maiden ride. It lived up to my expectations, a
nice, light, fast riding bike, so much so that I found myself subconciously
reaching for barcons instead of the downtube shifters. So, my spare set of
barcons goes into a kit box along with some dressier brake levers and two rolls
of black cotton handlebar tape. I'm going to do all of the control tubing in
red as it makes a nice accent.
With the overall colour and country of origin, I've nicknamed it
"Ostrich", as the German name for Austria is Österreich.
Chris the Moto(bécane)maniac
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