Recent content by Old Fireleg

Re: I see you have a Montello. I also have an early one, probably made in '84. Could you give me the serial number of yours, I'm trying to decipher the Pinarello's s/n system in the '80s. Are you the first owner of a bicycle? What information do you have for '88? Edit: Now I see the link with...

Re: Hi, to my best knowledge, it was made in 1989. The double-coding began in '85. The first number represents the year. 85 = 1 ..... 89 = 5 The second number? Maybe the quarter year.

Re: 1986 or '87 Montello (If I saw correctly that it hasn't pump peg on the head tube)

Re: Hi, "Rosso" - OK, "Metallizzati" - OK, but "Trasparenti" -? This "Bordeaux" I do not feel transparent. I have a Super Record frame from '81-'82 similar metallic but green, it does not seem transparent to me either. Which is transparent to me, these are (true, it's not metallic)...

Re: You're right! I was not accurate. This color is called by Pinarello "Bordeaux" - an another wine country :wink: I looked it up, in the '87 catalog it was still featured but in a very peripheral role. And there was no option already at Montello. Yes, that's the real burgundy, the...

Re: Hi fguki, I think I've seen this frame set put on sale. Beautiful metal burgundy colour, very very rare at Montellos. It was primarily used before the Montellos, and was deleted in '86 or 87, and only the chromovelato transparent burgundy remained. (My ca. '80 Pinarello Prestige had this...

Re: Hi jm, I have no specific idea, but I can say the following: It is probably made of SL tube. I have a Colnago Super fork here from SL tube with 173 mm ST, if I remember 688 gr but no with aero fork crown According to the manufacturer, the eight-character number is maybe a large company...

Re: This is a '82-'83's Nuovo Mexico (or as they sometimes call it N.Mexico Profil). It was similar to Saronni's spare bicycle in 1982 in Goodwood.

Re: Hi, I'm not an expert but one sure: It isn't a 1. gen (pre-exa) Record cassette. Neither these nor the Light Alloy (pre-exa) 8 spd. had small holes. I know in the first years (pre-exa era) Record and Chorus 8 spd. agreed. There was also a 7-speed version that was given standard to Athena...

Re: In this case, I think it is absolute normal. This will only with 5-speed or less freewheels work.

Re: Hi, do your frame has 120 or 126 mm rear spacing?