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12-08-07 | 05:43 PM

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Picchio Special

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From: Lancaster County, PA

Bikes: '39 Hobbs, '58 Marastoni, '73 Italian custom, '75 Wizard, '76 Wilier, '78 Tom Kellogg, '79 Colnago Super, '79 Sachs, '81 Masi Prestige, '82 Cuevas, '83 Picchio Special, '84 Murray-Serotta, '85 Trek 170, '89 Bianchi, '90 Bill Holland, '94 Grandis

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Originally Posted by Old Fat Guy

Yeah, and the paint looks like crap on both of them. I would think a repaint would be better than the notorious 80's Italian paint.

Good point. Crap paint should not be a surprise. Ten Speed Drive brought in some of these, and actually painted them themselves because the home-cooking was so poor. I actually had a lovely early San Cristobal frame with a little TSD logo stamped onto the rear brake block.

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