Biking to my wife's work the other day on the old miyata nine 14, I happened to run across an abandoned bike--(strewn haphazardly on the side of the road not really close to anywhere, rusted chain, flat tires). I put in an ad to craig's list, but in the meantime, I was wondering if anyone knew anything about it.

Here are the specs:

Red metallic paint; chromed fork and chain-side stay, white Atala decals in script on chainstays, downtube, seattube, and rear of seattube. No model name apparent.
"campione del mondo 1982-83, 1984-85" at bottom of downtube
columbus decal on seat tube reading "tubi speciali in acciaio, carbono manganese, tretubi aelle", seattube is 62.5 cm c-t; tt=58 cm c-c.
mid-downtube decal reading "cesare rizzato & c., R, Padova Italia"
nice windowed lugs,
gipiemme rear semi-horizontal dropouts with adjusters
only serial # stampings I could find on BB shell were "63" and then "C" in a circle

6 speed shimano downtube shifters and derailleurs (I'm assuming an aftermarket switch) and brakes
weinmann non-aero brake levers
mavic wheels, simplex skewers, atom hubs
christophe clips
pivo stem, tange levin headset

any ideas on the model hierarchy of this beast and the original components (I'm guessing mid-80s campy)? I know that the aelle wasn't super high in the columbus hierarchy (seamed, rolled, and straight-gauge), but this puppy doesn't feel like straight-gauge; it's pretty light. Pretty nice work on the lugs as well, although sheldon brown claims that junky atalas often had ornate lugs.

the bike is in decent condition, all things considered. A couple of paint flakes and torn decals. So--junk or no? It also came with a great retro bar-mounted water-bottle holder. If anything, I'll hold onto that.