Charlie,
I have one of these frames myself, as does one of my custumers. His was new
in 1984, mine originally came with a Campy 50th groupo(1983). Mine is SL and
has only one bottle mount. I use it as a year round fixxed gear. There is
room for fenders and still use 23c tires.
Hope this helps,
Garry Nold
Lacey, WA
> Pinarello cognoscenti:
>
> I recently acquired a Pinarello frameset on ebay and need some help in
dating
> same:
>
> http://ebay.com/
>
> Having studied the catalogs on Mark's site, it appears most similar to the
Mod.
> Record shown here:
>
> http://bulgier.net/
>
> and described here:
>
> http://bulgier.net/
>
> While the frame has an indentical same paint/chrome scheme (i.e. both
stays
> chromed and seatstay caps only) to the Mod. Record, the fork crown is
clearly
> the older style (non-IC?) semi-sloping crown. Other lower end
Victory-equipped
> models from the same 1985 catalog appear to use the older crown as well.
>
> Other potentially salient details of my frame include: ST and DT bottle
> brazeons and HT pump peg. Spacing is 126mm. Tubing is not rifled at the BB
so
> it isn't SLX (hopefully SL). Finish is red with sparse metal flakes (is
that
> the Team color?) over fully chromed frame. Anyone with '84 or earlier
catalogs,
> bikes in the flesh, or knowledge of when the IC crown was introduced by
> Pinarello that might help narrow down the date? I forgot the serial number
from
> the BB but could provide it if it would help.
>
> Advance thanks and apologies for brushing against the cutoff for CR
topics,
>
> Charlie Young
> Honeybrook,
> PA