1992 -ish Diamondback Topanga Phooooaaarrr!!

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I know, I know, more tat from the cheese but I though I'd bung this up as it was another paperround money favourite and not that bad with its True Temper double butted tubing - ideal upgrade fodder of the day

Came to me rusty dusty and covered in oil. Junked the wheels, chainrings rear mech. Added nice brakes, spare LX chainset and some nice period 3ttt bars

Nothing special, but what the hey...
 

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Love it...

This is why I bought my sorrento - classy paint! :LOL:

Thats my favourite of your recent builds (ignore these wotsits, wouldn't know a classy bike if they sat on one... :oops: )
 
Don't tell anyone, but I have a Topanga in my basement awaiting some TLC, it's an '80s bike but remarkably light .

:oops:
 
There's something about bikes like this -don't know whether it's nostalgia or reason, but they just seem so unpretentious and right -just what a basic day in day out bike should be like. Even the chainset looks like engineering compared to lower end toy-a-likes today.
-Tis practical fun transport, alive and kicking again. Good job. :cool:
 
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