Hi Mark, I am an owner of a late 1960' s Legnano Pista bike and I am interested in obtaining a seatpost binder bolt as well. I remember the original bolt breaking over 30 years ago ( wow I am getting old ! ) and improvising with a standard bolt with the center section being ground down on a bench grinder just enough to clear the seatpost . This fix has lasted all these years with no problems. The only NOS seatpost binder bolt I have seen on ebay was the newer style that looked like a modern campy style with a clean ground out section in the middle that looked like it was ground out on a bench grinder at the factory before being chromed. The grain of the grinder marks showed the grinding wheel was going the long way on the binder bolt, not the crosscut direction. I hope this explaination is clear enough to understand. I also have the wedge style that was described in another email. I am not a fan of this style as it looks too crude for my personal taste. Please let me know if you reproduce the campy style as I am in the process of restoring this Legnano Pista that I consider my most valuable and beloved bicycle that I own . For the record I am the original owner of a 1973 Peugeot PX10 , a 1988 Eddy Merkx Corsa SLX, and 2003 Lemond Zurich (Reynolds Pro 853 Tubing) as well as the second owner of the above mentioned Legnano and a Gios Torino Pista bike circa 1974 (NR/SR all original). I hope this helps you out. If you need more info or pictures I will do my best to help out as much as possible.
Love My Legnano.
Thanks
Philip Huyghe
> Does anyone have a photo of the Legnano seat binder, separate from
\r?\n> the frame? I've been asked to create one.
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\r?\n> I've only seen one other Legnano and it was missing the binder. This
\r?\n> one was "repaired" by someone who arc welded a steel plate to the
\r?\n> side of the lug and used a large bolt as a set screw. Not for the
\r?\n> squeamish. http://bikesmithdesign.com/
\r?\n> buy it from it's owner, a kid about 16. But he said it had been in
\r?\n> his family since new. It appeared to have all of the original
\r?\n> equipment, or at least period correct.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Are these available anywhere? If I made more would anyone want them?
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\r?\n> Mark Stonich;
\r?\n> BikeSmith Design & Fabrication
\r?\n> 5349 Elliot Ave S. - Minneapolis. MN 55417
\r?\n> Ph. (612) 824-2372 http://bikesmithdesign.com
\r?\n> http://mnhpva.org