Originally Posted by cyclotoine
Yes it did. Do you know the previous owner? I don't hold the painter (forget name) in very high regard. He laid the paint on too thick and to fast, it's brittle as hell.
Hell no, these were all built from the ground up, from bare frame sets. Including building the wheels on the GIOS and Pista myself. I have paid dearly for all of these monetarily and with long hours of labour and sweat. Scouring parts from ebay, BF, craigslist, the local shops etc... I would never get the money back I have but into these bikes if I sold them. Except the Jeunet which was given to me, but it's not worth much anyway. I have bought and sold many bikes a long the way, often taking parts off them (for example a lot of parts were donated from a $350 CL Guerciotti, I sold the frame and used the parts on the GIOS and faggin.. except the cranks and seatpost) The GIOS has 165mm record strada cranks while the Faggin has 180mm cranks (the shortest and longest campy made).
yea, i remember reading the old owner's posts and seeing pics of that marioni on the forums somewhere.
good. if i were to learn that those were catches of the day, i'd have to poke my eyes out with spokes and cut my wrists with a chainring..
yes, yes, very, very nice bikes. i'll have some questions about the nishiki int'l, but i have to eat dinner now.