For those who have not yet seen a cromovelato frame, these photos should give you a good idea of what it looks like. I picked up the frame form a small shop in the mountains of Northern Italy. The retired shop owner said that he had contracted the frame from one of the builders that was offering such services back in the day. He thought that it was Wilier but he wasn't entirely sure. Whoever the builder, it is well-built and nicely finished. It has a cool aero fork, drilled out rear dropouts, scalloped seatstays, neat BB shell cutouts...

I am building the bike up with an eclectic selection of parts, with some weight weenie parts, such as Campagnolo Super Record titanium BB, modified Passoni titanium seatpost, Iscaselle titanium railed Giro D'Italia saddle, Mavic SSC alloy Q/R skewers (I also have a set of superlight wheels with Fiamme Ergal rims and Campagnolo alloy freewheel, but they are overkill, even if they allow the bike to drop below 18 lbs) ... as well as some rarely seen parts, such as the lightweight Gipiemme headset that uses roller bearings on the bottom and ball bearings on the top (the best of both worlds?), the wheels that combine the commonly found pair of Mavic and Campagnolo, however in this case they are switched with Mavic supplying the hubs and Campagnolo the rims. There are also some parts that I had custom pantographed for the bike like the cranks, chainring, stem and Suntour Superbe brake levers (perhaps the only set of pantographed Suntour levers that you have ever seen? They have a little less reach than the Campagnolo ones)- The Modolo Pro brake calipers (better than Campagnolo in my eyes) are there to give some bling factor, as are the Cambio Rino pedals. I still have to attach the pantographed shift levers, but for the rest there it is. It may not be everybody's idea of good taste but I can assure you that it will not pass unobserved. You can lay into the bike now