Frame ID help
 

Posting this for someone not on the forum. All I know are these 3 pics and that it was his uncles "from the 70's" Thanks

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has experienced a head on collision at some point which deformed the top tube.

repair cost likely as not not worth the candle.

Must have been a pretty hefty crash. Lower head tube lug severed as well.

Looks Italian. Maybe Atala. But that frame is toast.

+1 most likely an Atala but the frame is toast. Just ouch I doubt the rider walked away from the crash.

Yes he understands its toast-ness His post on the FB NYC Fixed group is thus: "Sup yall, been trying for years to figure out what frame this is... Got it from my uncle whose had it since the 70s. She Snapped on a taxi a year ago :("

I think he just wants to *know.* RIP

I also thought Italian or Japanese from the minimal curved lugs. sloping fork crown. pierced front lug noteworthy. seatstays to seat lug.. ordinary. BB lug is.. unusual. headset (original?) is ordinary. I will try to get any dropout markings from the owner.

more and more looks awkwardly Japanese to me. Lugs trying to look elegant but not really, for example.

Those were my pics. I posted them on the FGNYC page. The crash was pretty tame. Taxi dead stopped in no traffic to drop off a fair in the middle of the street and I ran into him. Didn't even leave my seat. I was just looking for a little information. Over the years, Not a single bike shop I ever went to could figure out the frame. The Frames pretty special to my family. My uncle snatched it from a looted bike shop during the 77' NYC blackout. I plan to make a shrine in the living room for her.

HAHA. Now I am going to pretend i knew all along, having seen several chromed Raleighs and that odd BB... look at this:http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=382425

and LOL from this forum! http://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...d-stuff-3.html

What do y'all think?

Is the fork a replacement - a red herring?

compare and contrast. this is an 80.. maybe OP is earlier. http://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...ning-pics.html

Yeah its definitely an Atala. all evidence points to it. Thanks guys. She may rest easy...

New photo.

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A real track bike! What a loss.

More news. Fork a replacement Cinelli! LOL

maybe it is an Atala... Bike Works NYC Collections-Atala track bike

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