Originally Posted by
jPrichard10
Very good to know Mark, as I was maybe going to sell the headset to recoup some (or possibly all!) of the cost. Maybe I better just leave it on?
Andy says he didn't braze it, and Mark was at Specialized by the , so who knows. Seatstay treatment doesn't look very distinct to my untrained eye.
How common were Gipiemme dropouts? I think this is a first for me.
Sadly no Strawberry BB shell cutout, not sure what era that was for them.
I'm not much for modern drivetrains, but I think some 7700 or Campy Titanium would look fantastic.
Only dreaming now, I have so many other projects to work on, and most of them aren't bikes.
Early ones had Campy DO's, later ones had Gipiemme and others, mine have no name or stamping, seem to be generic but they have a threaded mounting screw hole in the DO, maybe Andy had them made as he did many other things, crowns, bridges, etc.
The Strawberry cutout is rare IMO, I've only seen a couple but there are probably plenty more.