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Old 09-17-19, 10:28 AM
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I respectfully disagree with the previous post. It’s been on eBay for several months because it’s priced too high. The components on it are more modern, but also mismatched. There aren’t any single pictures of the fork but I think it might not be original. It has a threadless stem, so either the fork definitely isn’t original or an adapter is used. No mention if the rear Has been reset to 130 mm or they just crammed the modern group in there (that’s also a question for the seller of the other Rossin, although that one was likely built as 130 spaced). It’s also advertised as a Ghibli but it’s not, probably a Record. I’m gonna guess they gave a customer a $50 store credit on the frame and hung extra shop parts, including mismatched hubs, on it.

The one OP posted however, at $700 (CL listing gone) I think is a fair deal, but wouldn’t pay $950 for it. In general I prefer fully lugged over combo lugged/TIG like this one but I think it looks great. Stem is ugly, parts all match except for the Veloce cranks. Can’t tell if hubs are good or not.
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