Originally Posted by
unworthy1
I'm no Limongi expert, but his frame details were extremely varied, yet nothing seen on this frame jumps out as typical with any of the examples I have seen online.
I don't know for example that he favored Silva frame bits (brake bridge and/or BB shell), and tho I do see one that has this fork crown, many do not, and have not seen any with that staycap treatment which is distinctive, but then Limongi did a great variety of seat clusters, quite a few fastbacks.
Maybe one of our Canadian members have some more experience with ID-ing Pepe's frames. Are you located in Quebec, [MENTION=556470]JmanBuilder[/MENTION]?
Note: if 26.8 is the correct seat post size, then this is not Columbus SL, might be Aelle, might be another brand
Lo and behold, the seat tube is 27.2mm! the lug had been squeezed quite a bit but I gently pryed it open and a 27.2mm seatpost fits perfectly all the way down. Perhaps it is SL Tretubi after all (no helical grooves to be seen). The supposedly original fork has zero markings other than the Columbus dropouts. Assuming the Stronglight A9 headset is original, it would date the frame post-1984. I've uploaded additional pictures but still can't post them unfortunately.