Originally Posted by
prairiepedaler
Forget River Dance, how about River Dredge?!
I bought this bike. It's a 1961 Raphael Geminiani Alpine. Bought it from the original owner. It's been outside for years. Just finished an initial cleaning. Tons of surface rust everywhere. It appears mostly original, except for the rear derailleur and I think the handlebars. Mine had all campy equipment so I'm hoping to restore it with period-correct campy. Sadly the decals did not survive the cleaning--but I see they can be easily bought online. It will make a nice restoration project. I rode this exact bike for years that my dad bought new and sadly painted it black when I was a teenager, then went in the bin when I bought a Cannondale racing bike in 1990. ]\
If anyone has any advice, sourcing parts, etc for these, please let me know.