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Always been some controversy regarding the fillet brazing of these late 80s/early 90s Dakotas. When you strip the paint keep us posted.

Curious, did you ever weigh the frame?

I believe you have a 1990 Dakota. I've got a 1989 Dakota w/ red paint, triple butted Tange tubing, & the same style & color decals. The only difference I see is my bike has 2 water bottle cages on the downtube, different placement of the cable guides along the top tube, plus mine has a more...

Looks like your pedals & seat post have been swapped out. I'm in the states. Where are you?

I have the same bike, an 86 Diamond Back Apex in red. Nice to see yours still has the original Suntour Beartrap pedals. This was a top-of-the-line mountain bike in 86. A Tange double butted frame, a lugged unicrown fork w/ rack mounts on the fork blades, Suzue sealed cartridge high-flange hubs...

Re: Carlton Franco Suisse Great looking bike. I picked up what I believe to be a 1962 Franco Suisse recently at a Garage Sale.