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09-11-12, 05:46 AM
Picked this up a few weeks ago and having searched here and there I'm still none the wiser as to what it may be underneath. So from top to bottom, front to back:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8437/7975997713_8566e1e19d_z.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8448/7975998252_8143b0f6c0_z.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8319/7975998870_74edf75433_z.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8296/7975999533_424045d8b2_z.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8302/7976000661_ff85a07f8f_z.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8170/7975999992_d9cfa4ffb4_z.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8298/7976001833_9eea988e78_z.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8307/7975996188_2887b14ce1_z.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8448/7975997157_a14b257c19_z.jpg
A whole bunch of long-point lugs that I can't really identify as a particular Bocama or Prugnat set although there's similarities here and there, and I can't come across any with similar diamond cut-outs.
There's only two markings on the whole bike so far that I've seen - Durifort on the right fork blade and 72 (angle no doubt) on the seat cluster lug. Nothing on the BB shell or the dropouts. It's a light frame, takes a 26.6 seatpost and seems well made - the lugs appear filed down towards the ends and there's no lifting or other warping.
I picked it up in the north of France from an ex-Flandria team mechanic, so I'm hazarding a guess it's from a northern French or likely a Belgian builder, even though it's re-badged as a Moser.
The beast in full:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8445/7975995532_8fcd36d259_z.jpg
[edit] Is there no perpetual lug-frame ident thread?
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8437/7975997713_8566e1e19d_z.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8448/7975998252_8143b0f6c0_z.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8319/7975998870_74edf75433_z.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8296/7975999533_424045d8b2_z.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8302/7976000661_ff85a07f8f_z.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8170/7975999992_d9cfa4ffb4_z.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8298/7976001833_9eea988e78_z.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8307/7975996188_2887b14ce1_z.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8448/7975997157_a14b257c19_z.jpg
A whole bunch of long-point lugs that I can't really identify as a particular Bocama or Prugnat set although there's similarities here and there, and I can't come across any with similar diamond cut-outs.
There's only two markings on the whole bike so far that I've seen - Durifort on the right fork blade and 72 (angle no doubt) on the seat cluster lug. Nothing on the BB shell or the dropouts. It's a light frame, takes a 26.6 seatpost and seems well made - the lugs appear filed down towards the ends and there's no lifting or other warping.
I picked it up in the north of France from an ex-Flandria team mechanic, so I'm hazarding a guess it's from a northern French or likely a Belgian builder, even though it's re-badged as a Moser.
The beast in full:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8445/7975995532_8fcd36d259_z.jpg
[edit] Is there no perpetual lug-frame ident thread?