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Old 08-16-11 | 07:11 PM
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Picchio Special
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Bikes: '39 Hobbs, '58 Marastoni, '73 Italian custom, '75 Wizard, '76 Wilier, '78 Tom Kellogg, '79 Colnago Super, '79 Sachs, '81 Masi Prestige, '82 Cuevas, '83 Picchio Special, '84 Murray-Serotta, '85 Trek 170, '89 Bianchi, '90 Bill Holland, '94 Grandis

Originally Posted by repechage
What about the UPPER head lug, shoreline side at the head tube.... not top drawer to me.
Wow - I've been called out on the upper head lug.

Hard too tell from the sticky-paint look. But I agree. OTOH, I don't really expect a Colnago to be top drawer top to bottom - though I do appreciate the fact that some poor Colnago minion spent some time in a cupboard with that lower head lug. It is true, though, that a Colnago head lug probably wouldn't have gotten that much attention stylistically circa 1971 - an era of Super we both appreciate. They definitely went down-hill post-71 or so - but I do notice the lug thinning that went into some of the frames from '74 right up until 1980 or so that wasn't evident previously - even though I think the earlier frames had a more attractive overall aesthetic.
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