Panasonic

Myles, over at Rat trap Press, just posted about a 1988 Panasonic ATB frame he picked up.  He has plans to build a touring bike from it.

Coincidentally, my buddy Mark scored a Panasonic ATB for me, just last week.  I had hoped to build it up for Mike, at work, but he wasn't taken with the color. (I built the DiamondBack Cruiser for his wife, recently.)

I sorta like the purple, myself.  For some reason, it is a color I associate with Panasonic bikes, both ATBs and Road.

The lug work is pretty nice...

and it is "An International Bicycle Brand", after all.

And, I really like the graceful, curved fork with skinny, road-bike-like, legs.  This is one of my favorite things about the XO-2, also.  I think that the bigger fork legs on the RockCombo make it look much more "mountain-bike-like", if that makes sense.

I gave $35.00 for the entire bike, so I should be able to build something up which I can sell at a reasonable price, without coming out in the red.

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