hello peter_d,
congrats on this interesting find. thanks for sharing it.
the rear wheel rim looks to be a rigida supercromix so i would suspect the wheel to be a replacement. one would expect a bike of this quality level to receive alloy rims. is the front wheel something like and alfa hub with and akront rim? or perhaps they built with olimpic/super olimpic hubs since super olimpic brakes were used.
when you service the bb it will give you an opportunity to examine the interiors of four of the frame tubes to see if any are seamless. have you as yet checked the diameter of the saddle pillar, that would yield a clue as to tubing quality.
the compe-v front mech will likely have a clear plastic spacer affixed with adhesive to the interior of the mounting clamp to give a better fit on the 28.0mm tubing. a separate clamp size for metric dimension seat tubes was not offered.
am thinking a date of 1973-74. could not be much earlier than '73 due to the allen key chainwheel bolts on the chainset. after about '74 it would have begun to look a bit different.
aesthetic suggestion - that handsome deep red flambouyant colour would look good with trim in yellow to brown spectrum.
those low quality undisassemblable pedals belong in the donation bin or scrap bin. be they something like notario or are they unmarked?
please post again when you have had the opportunity to work with the cycle a bit.
