hay thanks for the help with the pics and, by the way, a friend of mine thinks it might be french because the seat post is a 27-little smaller than an italian. should i buy some cheap masi decals and put them on? just kidding. i still wonder what repecage thinks it might be. i dont have a clue. i used some gas on it to get rid of some of the rattle can paint just to see if it had a part of a decal but no luck. ps what is with those four small indentations on the fork crown? is that some sort of way to fasten it on the fork?