Hello Everyone,
My name is Anthony. I am new to this list but have been around CR people for years. Better late than never.
I am the manager of a vintage steel bike shop called "Velo Cult" in San Diego, CA. When i'm not working with bikes I am either taking pictures or riding one of my vintage BMW motorcycles (airheads).
I have been collecting bikes for some time and for some reason I always end up with strange bike thats no one knows anything about. The latest addition is the reason I finally joined the CR list.
I had my good friend John Pergolizzi look it over who referred me to Dale Brown who suggested posting it here.
The details: -It is Italian threaded -If you cant tell by the pictures it has extremely thinned lugs -It has a braze on front derailleur which looks original to the frame -The previous owner annoyingly lost the fork before handing it over so I never got to see it -The frame is extremely light -The paint has been stripped but due to moisture collecting under the decals you can see remnants of what used to be there. I, personally, can faintly make out "APP" being the last letters of the decal.
If anyone has any ideas I would love to hear them.
Here are the pictures: http://s305.photobucket.com/
Thanks!
Anthony Bareno ( iheartmybeard@gmail.com )
San Diego, California