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You had to post that pic!!!

Heres what 10 hours of rubbing with 0000 steel wool will do to Airbornes stock finish.

I'm a sucker for shiny bikes, I have a 1980 Schwinn Voyageur 11.8 that is solid chrome, shines like that. I don't want to fool with my decals though, I'll leave it alone and maybe try and bring the shine up a little.

 

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I think i saved about $150

by going LBS vs internet. I only wanted frame/fork/hs/bar/stem/post/collar. I don't get all wild and crazy over bars/stem/post so I stuck with the house brand and saved money there and put that towards better components. And actually my only dealings so far are with the LBS on the bike purchase. I built it up, LBS did the HS and fork cut.

Manhatten Project, very stable at speed, turns very stable, almost wants to track straight. So far very happy with the bike, I require a longer top tube the geometry works for me.