Originally Posted by
Andy_K
How confident are you in this being a '71? I'm no expert, but a couple of features on this one say '73-'76 if I'm reading the Classic De Rosa guide correctly -- namely, the hearts on the fork crown and the circled heart on the seat stay cap. Both of those match mine, which I've been told is a '73. I like that the seat stay pantograph is off-center -- gives it more of a "hand made" feel. I've also got the protruding bottle cage bosses, which I think are very cool.
Your bottom bracket cutout is different than mine. I've got a cutout heart there. I don't think that tells us much as this feature seems to have been quite variable in those years.
Congrats on a very nice find!
thanks Andy!!
I love your bike. If the paint wasn’t perfect, I would have dipped it and painted it orange like yours.
I have no confidence in figuring out the year of any Italian bike.
It isn’t like the calendar year turned and Framebuilders said, “toss out these bits, we’re on to these now.”
both frame and fork are stamped “30” so I know they match.
the fork crown is flat. No slope at all like the 72-73s.
Panto? Yes!
Easier to add a lil panto than recast a fork crown.
The guide Andy was referring to. I totally see what he means by the holes in the tangs and the heart panto.
This crown is missing the holes in the tangs, and the panto, but the crown is flat all the way across.
Andrea had been emailed. He confirmed 71. Says it matches his personal bike exactly.
Also, there was a lil bag of parts, a slightly chewed up patent 1971 derailleur which means absolutely certain… Nothing.
could have been what was laying around or even a replacement at some point.
here is a pic of a set of lugs from 1968 (supposedly) further adding to my confusion.
Nothing makes sense.