Pinarello custom build (Dura-Ace, SL) 1990s - Any ideas??

[sjcprojects]

Picked this up recently on eBay (minus stem, bars + levers). Bit of an odd one - can anyone to provide any clarification on age/identity?

It's got a braze-on for a race number, so it seems safe to presume it was a race bike or at least a custom build. The paint job/frame combination is odd - paint job is similar to a Stelvio I've seen from 1997, but the frame is a lot like a late 80s or early 90s Montello. It's not a Montello, though, because it's got a bridge between the chain stays, and also doesn't have any of the usual "GP" frame markings - doesn't even say Pinarello on the bottom bracket. The badge is also pretty odd - maybe had a respray at some point, as it's hard to imagine that's the original badge? There's no doubt it's an SL frame, though.

Fairly sure the Dura-Ace bits including the 7402 rear mech are original, so that puts the bike within the 1989 - 1996 period. I think they stopped using SL tubing in the mid 90s?

Any thoughts welcome...and yeah the saddle really should be a Maxflite, but I couldn't resist a Turbo...

 

[Midlife]

I thought Pinarello fork crowns were panto'd with a P symbol.........not my area of expertise though!

Shaun

 

[FINNEY1973]

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Forks are Concorde. From the rest of the frame, it has all the hallmarks of a Concorde, perhaps a Prelude. Same Ultima dropouts, same seat cluster & seatstay arrangement and same cut-outs in the BB shell as mine. If it has a small rectangle with 3 smaller rectangles in it on the top tube then it may be an Aquilla, if there isn't then my gut feeling is that it's a Prelude.

viewtopic.php?f=23&t=280237 for comparison photos....

 

[Midlife]

Thanks FINNEY, I knew it wasn't a Pinarelo Panto but couldn't just place it with my withered memory..... Concorde

Shaun

 

[FINNEY1973]

All these years of staring at bikes Shaun - it gets more than confusing. Occassionally though, I do have, as alcoholics would say, a moment of clarity!

 

[sjcprojects]

Yup - it's a Concorde Prelude. Well that explains quite a bit - and makes me regret buying the Pinarello branded 3T stem! Now I'm going to have to look into getting it back to how it really should be - which is quite annoying - BUT it's still a nice bike, at least! I've only taken it out on a few short rides, but I've enjoyed it. It's just not right riding a wrongly badged bike though, it is?

Thanks for thoughts...

 

[PANZR]

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Exact opposite of what happened with me

I bought what I thought was a Concorde but, it turned out to be a Pinarello

 

[sjcprojects]

Re: Re:

Exact opposite of what happened with me

I bought what I thought was a Concorde but, it turned out to be a Pinarello

Ha! Now that is weird. I can't really see why anyone would do it either way, but there you go.

 

[FINNEY1973]

Seems a shame as the paint on your Pinarello looks in decent shape. Are the decals underneath the lacquer? If not you simply swap the decals for Concorde?

 

[sjcprojects]

Seems a shame as the paint on your Pinarello looks in decent shape. Are the decals underneath the lacquer? If not you simply swap the decals for Concorde?

Indeed, I'm debating that at the moment. The decals are removable, potentially - so that could be the easiest route - then maybe a respray some time later on, I think. Oh ,and a new stem ASAP :/