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>Of course. The frame was made to commemorate the Moscow Olympics in
>1980 so it is obviously post '80. That makes complete sense. That
>train of thought had crossed my mind but quickly left for some reason.
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Well just to be contrarian (my favorite flavor) I am compelled to point out that Signor Pelizolli (probably misspelled) would have received the commission to build frames for the 1980 Soviet team well before the event, and maybe would have promoted his high-profile status in the run up to the Olympics, and/or during the very year itself. Sort of what all the "Official" softdrinks and snackcakes do in this modern marketing age. And of course he'd continue to commemorate that participation after the Olympic year, too. I'm just throwing out the possibility...
While on the subject of Ciocc, I have a later-than-Mockba model that I bought used and abused as a frame only from a racer and have never known what model it is or the build date. It was beautifully repainted/decal'd by Ed Litton, but I hesitate to show the CR list since it *might* be off topic. It has a semi-fastback rear cluster, very short-point lugs, and the Cinelli IC BB shell that I call the "aero scoop" style. If that's enough info to confirm it's past '83, then I'll go no further, and my apologies to Dale! if somebody wants to do detective work, contact me off list for pics. (these will be nothing like Ray's georgeous photos, I'm afraid)
Thanks.
Alan Goldsworthy
San Francisco, California, USA