Thread: Coppi on ebay
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Old 03-17-10 | 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by unworthy1
very pretty, funny that it's an '84 but still they used the portacatena dropout on it (or was that a feature of the 50th anniversary gruppo?).
And here's my question: was this built by Bianchi?
Those portacatena dropouts persisted in the supply chain for quite some time, which is why they are only one element in dating a bike.
Coppis were traditionally built by Fiorelli, but I don't know about this one.
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