Need help ID'ing a Pinarello
 

Hey guys,


I am going to check out this fixed gear Pinarello and I am mainly interested in the frame. What should I look for to ensure an authentic Pinarello frame?


Thanks,

Joe

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6202/...31b9793c54.jpg

Pinarello engravings on the top of the seatstays & probably cutout underneath the bottom bracket. Campagnolo or Pinarello dropouts.

Hard to tell from that picture, but that doesn't look like any Pinarello I've seen. Decals and geometry look wrong. The fork is almost definitely not.

Mine, and every other older Pini I have seen, has this engraving on the lower head lug, looks like a cross. It's also present under the seat stay bracket on my bike.

http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k...02583cf_20.jpg

Check between the seat stays just behind the bottom bracket, no bridge is a montello trait. The top of the seat stays should have a pg on them...i think. Internal cable routing on the top tube for montello, and my bb shell says pinarello stamped into it

Aside from the obvious PINARELLO under the BB, GPT engraved on seatstays / fork crown / other places.

I believe that it is supposed to be a clove, can anyone confirm that?

I thought it was a stylized bird.

Lots of pictures and information about my Pinarello. Hope it is a help.

http://www.mytenspeeds.com/My_TenSpe...rFrontSide.jpg

http://www.mytenspeeds.com/My_TenSpe...atTubeFull.jpg

http://www.mytenspeeds.com/My_TenSpe...eatLugLeft.jpg

I think it's a dove with its wings spread.

Just came back and I passed on the bike. I could tell it was a fake as soon as I saw the lower end lug work and dropouts :!