I happened accross some additional pictures of this bike recently,
when the current owner bought it and posted about it here:
http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=108969
That's one of the prettiest bikes I've ever seen, but I'm going to go
out on a limb and say that it's probably a Mountain/Expedition and not
an All-Rounder. This is of course based on my very recent research
and admittedly limited knowledge of the topic but, since it does in
fact seem to have been produced in '96, before the All-Rounders
adopted the sloped tube ('99), that would explain several things,
including: the proportionally long and very-sloped top tube; what
appears to be relatively minimal drop to the bottom bracket; lugs
that don't match other all-rounders from the same timeframe; and why
the current owner has described the frame as so much "stouter: than
the other road bikes he's used to. From what I've been deducing, it
seems like it usually goes the other way - where a second or third
owner mistakenly refers to their All-Rounder as a "mountain bike"
when they sell it, simply because it has 26" wheels. In this case,
the drop bars were probably misleading. I'm guessing that the next
owner will want to use a shorter stem or bars with less reach, to get
it to fit properly.
I too wish that next owner could be me - if only it was either a
little smaller, to fit my wife, or a little bigger, to fit me.... and
I was rich....
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