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fil.ip
10-05-10, 02:49 PM
hi everybody,

i'm french.
i need some informations about a bike i've bought this week-end
it's a legnano. i think, it has 30 years old, but i'm not
sur.
i didn't find many informations on internet!

The bicycle is in perfect condition...

link to flickr album : http://www.flickr.com/photos/54656582@N08/sets/72157625103081352/

Thank you all

auchencrow
10-05-10, 06:03 PM
Hi Fil.ip - Welcome to C&V;

The brazed-on cable guides on the top of the top tube tend to indicate an '80's model.

HERE is some information on Legnano on Classic Rendezvous (http://www.classicrendezvous.com/Italy/Legnano/Legnano_main.htm)

You have a beautiful bike there . I wish I could be of more help about your specific model.
CV-6
10-05-10, 07:48 PM
WOW!! Nice bike!

Look on the back side of the crank arm. You should find a number inside either a diamond or a circle. Diamond will indicate 7x, circle 8x where the x is the number inside. So circle 2 would be 1982. Some later Super Record cranks had a square on them where 11=1985, 22=1986, 33=1987. You may also find a PAT XX on the rear derailleur, but I am not sure about that on Nuovo Grand Sport derailleurs. This is not a guaranteed way to learn date of manufacture, but it should narrow it down.

Your English is better than my French would be.

fil.ip
10-06-10, 01:50 AM
Thank you for your help and your compliments :)

i found this sign on the cranck arm. (see picture)

http://daaone.free.fr/bikes/legnano/detail_pedalier-1600.jpg
CV-6
10-06-10, 08:11 AM
Thank you for your help and your compliments :)

i found this sign on the cranck arm. (see picture)

http://daaone.free.fr/bikes/legnano/detail_pedalier-1600.jpg

Now that I look closer at the crank photo, I see it is not Campagnolo. Not sure what it is, but not Campagnolo. So much for that idea for the dating.
fil.ip
10-07-10, 11:39 AM
your right. The right cranck arm is not a campa but un an ofmega et le the left is a campa !!

http://daaone.free.fr/bikes/legnano/detail_pedalier_ofmega-1600.jpg