Joined: Aug 2009
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From: Berkeley, CA
Bikes: 72 Cilo Pacer, 72 Gitane GT, 72 Peugeot PX10, 73 Speedwell Ti,l, 75 Peugeot PR-10L, 80 Colnago Super, 81 Zinn, 85 ALAN Cross, 85 De Rosa Pro, 86 Look 753, 86 Look KG86, 89 Parkpre Team, 90 Parkpre Team MTB, 90 Merlin
Classy bike indeed! The pinstripes and other hand-painted details are really neat.
I confess I misread the painted name as if the last R was a P, and the scratch looks like a y following the E, such that phonetically it would be "I am Creepy."
Okay, so these are not the 'money shot' photos. But very interesting. As @
USAZorro pointed out, the under-the-bb cable routing is strange. The reason it's strange is that there is a single cable stop at the bottom of the down tube; and the derailleur is a post-1967 Record without a cable stop. This frame was made for a derailleur with a cable stop. I'm not sure exactly what that means, beyond the fact that this frame was not made with this derailleur in mind.
+1. I had to do a similar cable routing work-around when I decided to upgrade the Valentino FD on my Cilo to a Record FD.
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'72 Cilo Pacer (x2) • '72 Peugeot PX10 • ‘72 Gitane Gran Tourisme • '73 Speedwell Ti • '74 Motobecane Grand Jubile • '74 Peugeot UE-8 • ‘80 Colnago Super • ‘81 Univega Super Special • ‘82 Zinn • ‘84ish Mystery Custom • '85 A.L.A.N Cyclocross • '85 De Rosa Pro • '86 Look Equipe 753 • '86 Look KG86 • '89 Parkpre Team Road • '90 Parkpre Team MTB • '90 Merlin Ti
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