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Benotto ?

Originally Posted by zigmin
Hey C&Ver's! So I have a question... A friend of mine found this frame that had been sitting in my school bike coop for some time and was planning to turn it into a polo bike, until I started taking a closer look at it. Now the whole frame has been rattlecanned with red and blue stripes, so identifying is something of a chore, but what details I have discovered all point to a nice handmade frame ca. 1985 (?) I wish i had pictures, I can take some later but for now a detailed description will have to do.
The bike is a lugged frame, and just below the seat cluster is what appears to be the teal blue-green of a reynolds 531 sticker peaking from behind flaking layers of rustoleum. The bottom bracket shell has a heart cut into it, it has campy dropouts, fastback seat stays, and I can make out the name "walker" on the downtube decal. The bike was originally equipped with the silver and black 80's(?) Campy Super Record (also covered in red and blue spraypaint... The "surviving" bit being the headset. and not much else... There is a stem and bars on the frame, but I have a feeling neither are original since the stem is SR and the bars are Fuji. Can anyone tell me about this frame?
Other than the fact that there's a real
probability it ended up in its present
location and condition because it was
stolen, I can tell you that Benotto did
this, and yes they are worth saving.

Look here:http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...notto-Question

and here:http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ts-Cool-points

And try to give the poor thing back a
little dignity (which does not include
use for bike polo).
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