Came across an obviously nice frame that was unfortunately repainted at some point. Can anyone identify it by the lugs, bb, dropouts, and/or other identifying factors? Do you think the serial number was ground off judging by that damaged area on the bb? I'm not asking for sake of buying it, just wondering what it was before its current painful state.

What I've noted:
Cinelli bb, gipiemme dropouts.

https://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/...441272287.html

Oh, man, original Grip Shift. That is old shop stuff right there. Can't help you with the frame.

And a Sachs Lockjaw cage. Be still, my beating heart.

not sure but Italian and looks like well worth the money if this fits...I'd buy it.
How about a close-up of the seat cluster?

I sent the seller an email asking for one, as well as the brand if he knows it. So, we'll see.

it looks like there MIGHT be a logo stamped on top of the brake bridge, but can't make it out or be sure it;s actually a stamp. couple of extra thots: beware that Modolo stem, tho the 'hinge' is a nice feature these have a rep for cracking; there are more spacers stacked on the steerer than you'd typically see so unless the HS is a really short stack-height, the fork MAY be a replacement (check that the forkends are GPM like the DOs) and if it's been swapped lokk VERY carefully for any crimps/ripples on the main tubes-at-headlugs joints that indicate a front-ender.

The brake bridge looks like a Cinelli bridge; sometimes these got engraved with a name (not necessarily Cinelli, but whoever built the frame), sometimes not. We used a lot of them at Trek, as did many custom and low-production builders, both here and in Europe. What's the thread on the bottom bracket? Italian thread increases the probability, but not certainty, that it was an Italian builder. More detail on the seat cluster, lugs, and fork crown might give a clue.

Gipiemme (GPM) also made a nearly identical copy of this "Cinelli" brake bridge, the GPM often has marks on the BOTTOM that IDs it, otherwise I don't think that I can tell the difference between them.

Welcome to the club!!

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