Originally Posted by
jpc2001
Update, I've been riding this bike for a year and took it on two tours.
This frame has about a 57.25cm top tube, measured c-c, and a 72 degree seat tube angle. That shouldn't be a Stelvio; the review linked above says a 56cm Stelvio had a 55cm top tube and 74 degree seat tube angle. So it remains a mystery what model this was originally.
I really like the slack seat tube angle. It lets me get to KOPS before the saddle reaches the end of its rails. On my other old steel road frames the saddle is all the way back on the rails before I'm even at the KOPS "starting point." It's not good to hit the ending point before the starting point.
Lets hear a bit more about the parts on the bike. any pics of the top of the fork crown and stay caps? What's stamped on the dropouts? According to the catalog the Stelvio didn't use Special but Alle R, the over the BB cable routing is interesting too but this could simply have been a left over '84 frame
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