Anyone know what I just bought?
 

I found this on E-bay, for a terrific price.

It has Faggin engraving, Gipiemme dropouts with fender mounts and an interesting top-tube cable routing.

The vendor states that it has a 130mm rear axle spacing and weighs 2.97kgs. He also states that there are no cracks or dents. I cannot give more info because it is coming from Poland and that may take awhile.

Seems like a good platform for a medium cage Veloce group and bright silver fenders.

It should make a nice touring rig, as it is just my size.

Any help in identification would be greatly appreciated.

Being Italian, I doubt that it's a true touring frame. Those stays look too short, no cantilever studs, and it lacks upper braze-ons for racks. It's more like a sport-tourer, and the eyelets on the drop outs are intended for fenders. I like your plans, though. It could make a nice century rider, credit card tourer, or randonneuring bike. I'd wager the geometry is more relaxed than a racing bike.

A sport-touring bike is what I had in mind. Something for a days outing around the rolling foothills of the Central San Joaquin Valley.

I'll just have to wait on planning the build. I would think that, with fender eyelets, there would be enough room for a thin fender. I like the polished stainless Tanaka fenders. Hope there's room.

I've tried doing web-searches on Faggin and, aside from pictures, have not revealed much. Few bikes have the rear brake cable guide running under the top tube. I don't see where Faggin manufactured anything for a mass market.

it looks like 1983-84 time. a bit odd for a first quality italian road frame from this time to have eyelets. wonder if it had a non-racing intended application.

somewhat reminiscent of the production frames done for performance & palo alto bicycle about this time.

Looks like a fun project, but not a true tourer.

Cool frameset with some personality.

When you receive the frameset, take out your calipers and do a little measuring of the chainstays.

Looks a little tight for 700x28s, but maybe a 700x26?

Also, check the height between a front tire and the brake caliper as well.

Toss a wheel/tire in and see how much space there might be for the tire and a very narrow fender.

Just a couple of things to think about before you order everything.

FWIW I do like the PDW fenders quite a bit and a Veloce groupset is a great value choice.

Let us know if you need us to help you spend your money, as we are quite good at it. :)