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@JWestland
Got it off EvilBay, no history with it, but it looks like Donohue's work, TIG welded with mad handformed aero tubing, and it's 853 from what I can tell. It has the exact shape as the other 853 Donohues and it's too light for 531 Millenium.
No serial or date, but 853 with a 1" headtube puts it mid 90s.
The seatpost size is 27.0, BB English threaded.
Fork can't be drilled, crown isn't suitable for it.
It has, eh, patina. Good, as Eddy Balk Merckx is too nice for winter, so I won't be afraid to use this. I need to treat some minor rust and clearcoat over to protect it.
The plan...
1 - Get a fork built for it (was thinking flat blade "powerfork" ala Max, or an aero fork ala Argos) can borrow a chrome fork in the meantime
2 - To bumblebee...or not too bumblebee is the question...
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