Thread: Is this a vintage time trial frame? or a load of S***?
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Old 08-28-11 | 08:22 AM
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Picchio Special
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Here's a Raleigh Ilkeston time trial special from the late 70's for comparison:

http://picasaweb.google.com/10997459...eTrialSpecial#

Note the single chainring and vertical rear dropouts. The top-mounted shifter would have come into existence just a few years later.
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