Originally Posted by
cinco
Does that look like a Gipiemme crank with the interrupted flute to anyone else? Rekord maybe?
Edit: Also, did the '80 Super Leggera have chrome lugs like the '81 did? I don't have a catalog from 1980.
I was bored so I just watched that episode too. Didn't get any better shots of the bike than are pictured here, but I did have a good laugh at the (ahem...) $2,700 price tag and "Do you know a bike like that only weighs 7lbs!" Seeing a 308 again also brought back traumatic memories of tuning and balancing triple/quad-Weber DCNF engines. And I have to admit I did spend some time wondering why he was wearing pregnancy pants in the early part of the episode.
Good call. Gipemme crank. Yes. Looks like it's a Nuovo Racing. My LBS sold these. I'm thinking it was around 700-800 at the time. Later Nuovo Racing were made in Japan and less expensive.
Top of the line Super Corsa wouldn't have been
that much less than $2700 at full retail. 2200 perhaps? Weight probably around 19.5 lbs.
I found this
catalog. No doubt most have already seen it.