You have a 5000? You lucky son-of-gun. Fishnet paint? Rear derailleur cable goes in the downtube through the bottom bracket and chainstay and out a small hole to the derailleur? Slight indent of the seat tube for a shorter chainstay?
Was simply a beautiful bike - very light weight too.
5000's were built in Italy. Most 3500's were also built in Italy. But I ran into a person in the past (1989/1990) who mentioned seeing later model 3500's built in Mexico.
Very few 5000s ended up in the US.
www.classicrendezvous.com has some info on the earlier 60's/70's Benotto's.
Just curious. Does the Columbus sticker say "MS" or "Gilco" or both? I have a hard time remembering what exactly was the clarifying labelling of the tubing design.
Thanks!
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