Proto2000
Retro Guru
Picked this one up last week in SF of all places. Story is that he went to Boston on vacation and was looking through FB and saw this for sale so he bought it and sent it home before he left. The previous owner was the original and has stored it for about 20 years after riding the crap out of it. When I got it of course I tore it apart to check that it was not needing repairs to the frame and I did find that there is a pin hole on the bottom back side of the seat tube at the BB, the only place that water can get into the frame. All tubes on the frame are sealed with braze except the down tube but there are screws for water bottle holder and no moisture got to it. I did spray frame saver in those 2 tubes just to be on the safe side and will run it past Dale Saso to be sure I don't need to do something about that issue. Likely will media blast the bars even though they are color matched to the frame then respray black since matching old red paint will be nearly impossible. The rear wheel is toast, front is fine but I did find a replacement set that I did not know I had. Same hubs as originals, Suntour XC, but with RM20 rims and not the X22 that were on it. Added a nicer set of derailleurs, originals were pretty beat up, have nicer levers and shifters too. I'll post when I get more parts or as I progress on this one.
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