Originally Posted by
Fillari Wx
I have just bought a Battaglin Arc Pro bike and am trying to workout what the frame is made from. It has a Cinelli spoiler cast bottom bracket and takes 27.2mm seat post.
The components used on the build would suggest it’s a frame from the 90’s. it’s got a Columbus fork, what do think the frame is made from?
Well, the "spoiler" bottom bracket was introduced in 1984 (according to Cinelli; some sites place the introduction a year earlier). 27.2 was a pretty common seat post dimension.
My 1989 Cinelli frame has parts from 1996-1998, so those may not be of much use in dating the bike.
If you want to believe the frame is from the 1990s, that's fine, but it also could have been built years earlier.