Jeff Widman wrote:
>
(snip)
> Should I be concerned about keeping everything
> original?
>
> Should I be concerned about riding it and further
> wearing down the components? They are definitely not
> new, but still in decent condition.
With normal maintenance you won't wear out your bike
in a lifetime of riding! And _every_ part you will ever
need, shows up on eBay weekly; and at more than fair
prices.
> The brakes say
> Weinmann, the non aero levers say Weinmann on the
> 'real' brake handles. It also has the 'safety' levers,
> and they say Dia-Compe. Did the two companies merge
> sometime before this, hence the combination?
Dia-Compe (Japan) had a license agreement to manufacture copies of Weinmann (Switzerland) product.
Chuck Schmidt