Help with another mystery bike?
12-15-13, 04:52 PM
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Help with another mystery bike?
So I picked up this bike for pretty cheap but unfortunately the previous owner had stripped off all the paint and then forgotten what the brand was. I am pretty sure most of the components have been switched out but I think that the Campagnolo bottom bracket and headset are the originals. Front and rear dropouts are Campagnolo brev. The tubing is Columbus as indicated by the logo on the fork, aside from that I have no clue. The only indications to brand are Cinelli on the bottom bracket shell and the little biker dude logo on the fork and brake bridge.
12-15-13, 08:18 PM
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Here are the pictures of the top of the bottom bracket shell.
I feel like I have looked at every obscure bike company trying to match the logo
I feel like I have looked at every obscure bike company trying to match the logo
12-15-13, 08:42 PM
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I haves seen that before damm it... olympic??? olympia?
Either way looks similar to EM logo
Either way looks similar to EM logo
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12-15-13, 09:01 PM
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12-15-13, 09:02 PM
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Similar graphic, but don't think OP bike is a Somec
12-16-13, 12:30 PM
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Well I am pretty sure it is not a somec either. But I am trying to get info about that bike in hopes of narrowing down the search.
12-16-13, 12:41 PM
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logo looks like a "generic" for cycling events at some Olympics (Munich 1972 most likely match)...similar to the Bataglin logo but no match...also i think whoever did the panto for that Somec's brakes used the same pattern.
Nice Italian bike, I'm sure, whatever it may be!
can you show another close-up of just the reinforcing "diamonds" on that (standard GPM or Cinelli) brake bridge? Something that might be a clue there...maybe...
Nice Italian bike, I'm sure, whatever it may be!
can you show another close-up of just the reinforcing "diamonds" on that (standard GPM or Cinelli) brake bridge? Something that might be a clue there...maybe...
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12-16-13, 03:24 PM
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Here you go, I found that it really matches some of De Rosa's bridges really well. Unfortunately nothing else does
12-16-13, 09:56 PM
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Nope, there's nothing unusual about the bridge or the "diamonds", I was hoping they were "different".
Certainly looks like a very nice all-chrome Italian frame...still no idea who built it.
Certainly looks like a very nice all-chrome Italian frame...still no idea who built it.
12-17-13, 04:29 PM
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Did Paramount ever do bikes without serial numbers? I found an order sheet that had everything that this frame had as available options.
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