Help with ID of a frame
08-28-09, 06:34 PM
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Help with ID of a frame
Im thinking this is columbus MAX or MAX Mini tubing, but did they do MAX in the 80s?
The only marking i can find on it is on the headtube, it reads SLE Columbus (?)
Thankful for all the help I can get
08-28-09, 09:16 PM
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the unicrown and headlug serial number say late '90's to me.
Well, they don't really say it, that must be the voices in my head trying to trick me into thinking that inanimate objects can talk, which they really can't, can they...I mean, jeez, if they could I'd be embarrassed to hear what my bike would say, um...ah, I need to find my meds around here somewhere...
Well, they don't really say it, that must be the voices in my head trying to trick me into thinking that inanimate objects can talk, which they really can't, can they...I mean, jeez, if they could I'd be embarrassed to hear what my bike would say, um...ah, I need to find my meds around here somewhere...
08-29-09, 03:37 AM
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yeah, the sloping fork looked like 90s style to me also
Do anyone know if they made columbus max/mini max frames in the early 80s?
Do anyone know if they made columbus max/mini max frames in the early 80s?
08-29-09, 06:36 AM
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08-29-09, 02:35 PM
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That looks like a much nicer fork than what is usually described as "unicrown." It's odd, but it looks like the crown is maybe a casting. Has a flat underside profile -- so I doubt that this is one where the fork blade tubes are glommed onto the steerer tube with an earthworm weld.
08-29-09, 02:42 PM
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That looks like a much nicer fork than what is usually described as "unicrown." It's odd, but it looks like the crown is maybe a casting. Has a flat underside profile -- so I doubt that this is one where the fork blade tubes are glommed onto the steerer tube with an earthworm weld.
08-29-09, 07:36 PM
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the downtube does not look oval enough at the headtube. the toptube however is intriuging though. can this be a tubing set custome made for Pinarello.
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08-29-09, 09:19 PM
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you guys are precisely right. This is a cast crown with sockets for the fork legs, looks like. I was sloppy with the unicrown designation.
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That's a mid to later 90's bike. The headtube lugs do not look like Pinarello. Nor does the logo on the fork crown.
Pics of '93 Stelvio here: https://www.classicbikeshop.eu/frame-...3-details.html It used custom tubing made by Dedaccai called "Kens"
Stelvio Futuro '94 https://www.classicbikeshop.eu/frame-...4-details.html
Mid-90's Gavia
08-31-09, 01:38 PM
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Update with a new pic from the seller,
He sent me this picture of the BB after i made my offer,
saying the BB has been repaired...no ****..what do you guys think about this?
He sent me this picture of the BB after i made my offer,
saying the BB has been repaired...no ****..what do you guys think about this?
