Odd Benotto?

[Jiveman60]

Struggling to identify this one.
It looks 70's over BB guides, bolt on calipers, top of chainstay guide and 122mm OLN.
Also graphics I've never seen and cant trace on the net, it's also light metalic pink.
And the serial number is just 2. on seat cluster and forks
26.4 seatpost. Benotto ends no mudguard eyes.
EDIT. Ofmega Competizione bottom bracket

 

[juvela]

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pillar size tells you it is quality plain gauge so some form of midliner model

might be Aelle although it may be slightly early for that tubeset

one of the first things to determine with a Benotto is whether it is of Italy or Mexico origin

the experts will be along momentarily with assistance...

shall look forward to reading the answers -

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[Jiveman60]

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pillar size tells you it is quality plain gauge so some form of midliner model

might be Aelle although it may be slightly early for that tubeset

one of the first things to determine with a Benotto is whether it is of Italy or Mexico origin

the experts will be along momentarily with assistance...

shall look forward to reading the answers -

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Indeed, the 26.4 seatpost suggests el cheapo model. But the build doesn't match the low end ones. Weighs 2.6kg frame and forks, checked on two scales.

 

[vtwinvince]

I'm guessing mid-range model, upper stuff had diamond shaped chainstays and chrome. Sometimes you'll find a capital 'I' stamped in the BB shell denoting Italian origin.

 

[SteelNipple]

Indeed, the 26.4 seatpost suggests el cheapo model. But the build doesn't match the low end ones. Weighs 2.6kg frame and forks, checked on two scales.

If the frame weight you have given is correct then only thing the 26.4mm seatpost suggests is that it's the wrong size for the frame...
I would say '77-'78 model 2500 with Columbus SL tubes. Frame size is 54cm?

 

[Jiveman60]

Agree with you SteelNIpple...in at least that's the model it's most like. But the colour, the graphics and the single number 2 on the frame seat cluster and steerer. Why so different to anything you can search?

 

[Ecurie Peril]

Possibly a Mexican Benotto or too early?

 

[Ecurie Peril]

Loving that fork crown btw!

 

[SteelNipple]

Agree with you SteelNIpple...in at least that's the model it's most like. But the colour, the graphics and the single number 2 on the frame seat cluster and steerer. Why so different to anything you can search?

The decals look like ones used on Benotto 5000 in the mid 80s. So possibly repainted?
Does it have braze-on RD cable stop?
Can you meassure the seat tube ID?
Pictures of the underside of BB shell.

 

[SteelNipple]

Possibly a Mexican Benotto or too early?

"Benotto may have commissioned several subcontractors in the late 1970s, resulting in many variations. Before Benotto began selling and exporting significantly in Italy again in the mid-to-late 1970s, relatively few frames were produced by Pela (mainly in the 1940s and early 1950s, and for the Filotex team in the early 1970s), and most production probably took place in Mexico from the 1950s onward."
Source: https://www.rennrad-news.de/forum/threads/benotto-2500-restauration-und-aufbau.170286/page-14

"A: Any model-number-named Benotto from the late-1970's on can be assumed to be Mexican production, if imported legally into the States. This includes the 5000, which was built in Mexico.
B: Italian Benottos rarely follow U.S.-spec catalogs, for most Benottos made for the U.S. market were produced at the Mexican plant.
C. Some Italian Benottos made their way to the States through bargaining with the Italian plant. These were generally top-end frames.
D. Many say that the dogbone-like "I" symbl stamped on the BB of a Benotto indicates Italian production (as below):"
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/729730-italy-mexico-benotto.html