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Old 07-14-09, 05:44 PM
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danbee
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Thanks to all for the interesting and informative comments. Evidently the bottom bracket serial number didn't help the factory much, because here's what they said:

"the technical department told me that the production year could be 1984-1985."

Gita was a little more helpful, as follows:

"Because of the single wb boss this frame was probably a European production.
We had Pinarello put two sets of wb bosses on the frames we distributed here
in the US but they normally did only one on their other production. This
may also explain the painted stays and head tube decal. The frame is
probably from the mid to late 80's but we do not have any exact way to tell
the exact year of manufacture. We only did frames and the shops would build
the bikes to the customer's specs. "

I've seen on the bulgier site an earlier Montello-like bike with painted rear triangle and chrome chainstay: see <http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalogs/pinarello/3.jpg>.

Dan
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