stringfellow1946
Senior Retro Guru
Ok People I need some advice on whether I rebuild this Manki Banchi Low Pro?
I paid £85 for everything you see in the photos its 9 speed C-Record.
The bike was supposedly an ex Mercatone Uno team bike ridden in the tour of Italy, according to the guy I got it from but no riders name is on the bike (unusual). My mate paid over £2000 for it at the time.
I know the bike has the wrong forks in it as when my mate bought it a few years back he asked me to change the forks from 650c to 700c ones & he no longer has the original 650c ones (DOH).
The frame has bubbling of the paint in various places BUT the main problem is there are two hairline cracks in the down tube just underneath the r/hand gear changer boss. SEE PHOTO 6
Question is!
Is this worth preserving as a piece of history/development even though its has cracks in the down tube, as it will never be ridden again.
All & any suggestions/advice would be very much appreciated.
Thanks
Chris
I paid £85 for everything you see in the photos its 9 speed C-Record.
The bike was supposedly an ex Mercatone Uno team bike ridden in the tour of Italy, according to the guy I got it from but no riders name is on the bike (unusual). My mate paid over £2000 for it at the time.
I know the bike has the wrong forks in it as when my mate bought it a few years back he asked me to change the forks from 650c to 700c ones & he no longer has the original 650c ones (DOH).
The frame has bubbling of the paint in various places BUT the main problem is there are two hairline cracks in the down tube just underneath the r/hand gear changer boss. SEE PHOTO 6
Question is!
Is this worth preserving as a piece of history/development even though its has cracks in the down tube, as it will never be ridden again.
All & any suggestions/advice would be very much appreciated.
Thanks
Chris