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Old 12-17-16 | 08:00 AM
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repechage
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The numbers are widely believed to be batch numbers or even subcontractor identification.
There will be other bikes with the same number.
14 shows up frequently.
Serial numbers did not exist on many "small" Italian builders frames.
Not till the EU pressed them for ID for warranty and recall tracking.
Might have been a good way to dodge the tax man 40 years ago too...
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