Harry,
First let me say it is a beautiful bicycle.
There are actually 15 frames now in the USA. Matteo held back one for himself and eventually decided to sell it. In December 2005, I purchased that frame and sent it out to Brian Baylis for paint and decals.
We should track who has these bikes. I know that Baylis has a couple, Freitas has one, so does Ann Peters and Dale Brown. Les Himel sold his and I think it went to Vlad Luskin.
To my knowledge, none of the bikes had serial numbers.
Mike Schmidt Stirling, NJ USA
On 3/24/08 10:45 AM, "Harry Schwartzman" <harryschwartzman@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I am offering this Montelatici Special exclusively to list members.
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> For those not familiar with these bikes, Montelatici possibly had these bikes
> built for him by his old friend Cinelli. Years later our Matteo Brandi found
> them at Montelatici's shop in Firenze and sent fourteen bare, unfinished
> frames over to the States to be offered to the CR list. There is a full
> history on the CR website.
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> So as not to disturb the exclusivity of this bike I am offering it only to
> list members.
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> This one was painted and chromed by Ed Litton and looks beautiful. Has a Campy
> Nuovo Record grouppo, High flange hubs, VIp matching ar wrap and seat, Fiame
> red label rims, ITM bar and stem.
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> The frame is 53cm square.
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> pictures are here:
> http://picasaweb.google.com/
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> 2500 plus shipping buys it, paypal preferred.
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> Regards,
> Harry Schwartzman
> Woodside, NY USA
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