So the story is that this past winter I went to the house of a good contact to buy a pair of pedals. He had the Pinarello frame up on a stand and it caught my eye; just my size. As can happen on these occasions, I went home with more than I'd intended, tho' at a good price. Two days later, thinking that I really had too many bikes on the go, I offered it to a friend for the price I'd paid for it; he declined, so it remained hung up on a hook from my garage ceiling.

Then, my wife, who loves her old beach cruiser Raleigh with huge wire baskets on the back, to my surprise asked about getting a road bike. I gave her my beloved Pinarello Treviso (3 cm too small for me anyway....) and realized that I now had an excuse to restore this Montello.

So, yes, it was a repaint and yes, normally the Montellos have full chrome rear triangles. The chrome under the paint job was fairly degraded, had probably been sanded and primed. If it had been the original paint, I may likely have kept it original. However, since it needed a complete re-do, I decided to try the cromonero, since some of the original Montellos were sold that way. I figured that I would never need to worry again about paint chipping, but I never thought that I'd end up fussing about fingerprints.