Originally Posted by
cudak888
Wow - that's a rarer bird than I thought when you first made mention of it in PM,
bikemig. Love the Stronglight crank, Record mech and unpainted lugs.
Is there reason to believe the upright bars are original, and that this is a genuine P11 - from the last year it was ever offered, no less?
It reminds me so much of my '61, though the Stronglight crank was too rusty to save (though I still have it!)
I ran a 144BCD Record on it for years until a forum member here (I'm embarrassed to say I completely forgot who it was)
gave me a drive side 151BCD Record crankarm under the stipulation I'd never sell it.
Still have the bike, and it still wears the arm (left arm is still a mismatched 1970's era piece). I'm still in awe that it wears the 151BCD arm.
snip . . . -Kurt
I don't think the bars are original but that cinelli steel stem has got to be pretty old and could well be original. I'll try to get the back story on this. It was originally a shop owner's bike.
Well my original idea was to build it up with a TA triple I have on hand and use campy NR derailleurs with a long cage and use the bike for cycling events.
Based on some of the comments I read, I'm going to leave it alone and build it up as a townie with a B 72. I hate to muck around with a bike that has original gear like this. The bike is a survivor and needs to be treated like one. Looks like I'm going to have to track down a cotter press . . . .