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At a recent carboot sale was a large DB Topanga from the days of buying bikes with good frames but low end parts.
These came with True Temper AVR tubing which was used further up the range but equipped with 300LX with all of its weight penalties.
I've had a shimmy through and its rust free! Its been stored dirty for god knows how long leaving the white paint stained. The decals are still fluorescent at the edges.
The weird thing was, at a stall previous was a 26.6 Kalloy seatpost with a mint Avenir saddle. The exact same post and saddle attached to this Topanga about 10 stalls down...! Anyway, the only let down is miss-matched wheels but for a whole £23 pounds, I dont care.
Its going to go on a diet just to see what I can do as these frames ride really well when compared to an equivalent GT or Claud Butler from the same year.
Heres one I made earlier - 2009 was the last time I found one of these.
These came with True Temper AVR tubing which was used further up the range but equipped with 300LX with all of its weight penalties.
I've had a shimmy through and its rust free! Its been stored dirty for god knows how long leaving the white paint stained. The decals are still fluorescent at the edges.
The weird thing was, at a stall previous was a 26.6 Kalloy seatpost with a mint Avenir saddle. The exact same post and saddle attached to this Topanga about 10 stalls down...! Anyway, the only let down is miss-matched wheels but for a whole £23 pounds, I dont care.
Its going to go on a diet just to see what I can do as these frames ride really well when compared to an equivalent GT or Claud Butler from the same year.
Heres one I made earlier - 2009 was the last time I found one of these.
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