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Olympic 76 frame built by Antoine Polsinelli

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Old 03-31-08 | 11:08 AM
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Olympic 76 frame built by Antoine Polsinelli


And more pictures that I took:

https://picasaweb.google.ca/samu.rich...46066427582754


I know that the frame was handbuilt in Toronto. (Fork is not original)
I stripped it from all of its component and I believe most of the original ones were Campagnolo. There are no braze-on, everything was clamped. The dropout are Campy but the right one is bent slightly.
I am planning on cleaning/restoring the whole bike and if anyone can help me with the history of this frame or comment on its quality of construction, that would be much appreciated
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Old 03-31-08 | 11:29 AM
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I don't know anything about your bike but I can say the frame quality looks decent. I hope you can find a better replacement fork for it. I think we would like to see pictures of the components too. The headset is a record/nuovo record. Your rear drive-side dropout is bent. Some care, old inner tube and and a pair of channel locks or maybe a crescent wrench should be able to correct that.
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Old 03-31-08 | 11:58 AM
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Lug work looks really nice! I'd tap the dropout with a plastic mallet to bring the dropout back in line, then align with the Campagnolo tools; there's a pair to get the dropouts parallel and square to each other, and one to align the derailler hanger. A good shop should have the tools.

Don't know anything about Canadian bikes though.
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Old 03-31-08 | 05:44 PM
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More Pics!!

Thanks for the tips. I've posted more pictures....
https://picasaweb.google.ca/samu.rich...53182911945138

So I'm not sure if the rear derailleur (suntour V) is original (?) but I think the rest of the stuff that I photographed are.
The wheelset was crap and definitly not original so I didn't bother to take pictures of those.
The stem is Cinelli but I think may require a 7mm Allen wrench which is rare and I don't have, so I haven't been able to to remove the stem and the fork yet...
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Old 03-31-08 | 06:05 PM
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I've seen this bike
The seat stays are particular: they're tapered the other way! They get thicker near the seat cluster...
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Haha Yes very interesting indeed. Also as it turns out that the fork was tange
And the Cinelli stem has serial #935128 which is consistent with the models built in the late 60s and it did require a 7mm Allen key, which I machined by grinding an 8mm Allen key....
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