Renovated Vintage Touring Bike: Panasonic Pro Touring

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Here is my grocery getter and around town bike. I built this over the summer from a crusty $50 relic I found on Craigslist.

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By Logan

PUBLISHED Aug 3, 2013

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Vintage Touring Bike Restoration - Panasonic Pro Tour

Tange steel, well defined lugged construction, low-trail geometry, nice lines and plenty of bosses and mounts made this the ideal classic frame for renovation. Also, a list of salvageable parts included brakes, handlebars, cranks, derailleurs and a seatpost. What came out of it is a handsomely dressed road tourer.

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Build and Parts List

  • Frame: 58 cm 1986 Panasonic Pro Touring
  • Rear Hub: Velocity
  • Front Hub: Velocity
  • Wheels: Velocity Atlas 36 spoke
  • Cranks: Shimano Deore LX (oldschool)
  • Tires: Schwalbe Marathon
  • Bottom Bracket: Shimano Square Taper
  • Brakes: Stock/Shimano
  • Headset: Velo Orange
  • Handlebar: Sakae Randnner
  • Stem: Nitto Techmonic Tall
  • Saddle: Selle Anatomica Titanico X
  • Seatpost: Kalloy
  • Pedals: Shimano PD-M324
  • Front Rack: Velo Orange Pass Hunter
  • Rear Rack: Salsa Minimalist

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