Sheldon - 1970's Sekine "Medialle" SHT Townie Conversion

For almost a year I wasn't able to identify the bike as I had gotten it repainted with no badge or decal. The original owner told me it was a Peugeot, which I was pretty quickly able to dismiss as untrue. After much research and comparing of lugs, original components, and all that jazz I was able to determine that the bike is a Sekine "Medialle" SHT. Model year is still undetermined, though I'm guessing that's just going to come down to figuring out how to interpret the serial number.

Anyways, the bike is named "Sheldon" after the fixed guru himself. It used to be named Eva, but since I switched up the handlebars and made it more of a townie bike, I'm passing the Eva name on to my track bike. The fenders are Gilles Berthouds (the poor man's Honjo's), and the rack is a Nitto R15.

I was debating on the pedals. I have some of those Shimano campus pedals that have clips on one side and platforms on the other, which would make sense on a townie bike, but honestly I just prefer riding around in mountain bike shoes and I don't mind walking around in them. So I opted to keep the Candies since I like Crank Brother pedals more than SPDs.