harpon
Finally riding a big boys bike
I would put the red Tas at 1970 or 71- the same year I got my Gitane Super Corsa- Those foil French decals were the thing then- and knda fragile really- those are in good shape. The partial chrome on the frame and forks is a turn of the decade thing that screams "This is the 70's, not the 60's".. The Unica/Unicanitor saddle was a horrible "butt breaker" until then later covered with smooth leather or brushed suede and then a staple on racing bikes until the later part of the 70's. The brakes might be more of a clue- Dia Compe didn't displace Weinmann until more toward the mid 70's, yet almost identical.. The cottered crank was still coming on consumer bikes for awhile but getting more rare as the decade passed and then it would have been something like a Sugino Maxy crank on that model by the mid-70's. I had a friend who had a full campy red Libertas- very similar. The aluminum rims are a nice touch and more continental than Raleigh or Schwinn or cheaper department chain import lines.
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