Friends: Anybody want to venture a guess as to the builder of my mystery bike? I bought it for the parts, then started looking at the frame and it is nicer than I had antipicipated. Thin lugs, nice work at the various stay braces. Not a (insert perfect builder here), but no gaspipe either. Pat 72 derailleur, Italian BB, no rifling in the steerer tube, seatpost is well under 27.2. I am guessing it is a nice repaint, can't find any evidence of removed decals. Campy drops front and rear, chrome is good quality on drops and lugs. No serial number that I can find. BB has "4" stamped in it with evidence of tubes being pinned. Campy steel arms with aluminum rings. 53 cm ctc seat tube. Looks like very low mileage, and I am guessing that parts have not been messed with much, but then again...if low mileage, why repaint?
Also if anybody wants to trade for a similar frame / bike in 55-56 ctc seat tube, I am interested!
With any luck pics can be found at:
http://www.flickr.com/
Cheers from Hot, Humid Dallas Texas, USA, Earth. -Clyde