>
> Very nice bike, but I also like downtube shifters, and after I found out
> for myself why they were called suicide brake levers oh so long ago, have
> never even considered using them again :)
>
> http://zuiko.dyndns.org/wordpress/?page_id=105
>
> It's a little depressing to think of this bike as vintage, as I've had it
> since new and assembled it myself. At least I can still tell myself that
> when it needs work, I'm just fixing it and not restoring it. The frame was
> custom made for me by Mike Appel, one of the original Trek employees who,
> for a time, made his own frames. An outstanding craftsman, he didn't have
> the best head for business. I think this frame cost the princely sum of
> around $300 to $400, which even in 1990 was an extraordinarily good
> bargain. Even Mike appeared to realize he was losing his shirt on this type
> of frame, and mine is the last of the model. Many thousands of miles later,
> this is still my primary bike. I'm on the third rear axle as well as the
> third rear rim and I'm in nowhere near as good of shape as I used to be,
> but I still love it.
>
That's a very attractive bike, nice paint and detailing. I have a 1974
Motobécane that I bought new, and I've kept it up all this time. I gave it a
face-lift recently, mostly to change the reflectors and brackets to better
match the catalogue specifications.
Chris
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