GlasgowAli
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Hi all,
I picked this up yesterday from a guy in Edinburgh via Gumtree which I though might be of interest.
He bought it in Rotterdam in 1979, rode it for a year and put it into storage. It seems to have had very little use and is in great condition. The only casualty of the years in storage was the bar tape.
I can't find too much online about Chinetti. The tubing is Columbus, though I'm not sure what specific grade from the decal. It has the crowd-splitting 600 EX Arabesque groupset, though with Campag shifters. Not everyones cup of tea I know (especially on an Italian frame), but I quite like the mad look of it. Elsewhere it's built with 600 headset, 3T bar / stem, Selle Italia Sprint saddle and 600 EX hubs on Mavic rims. Bit of an international smorgasboard then.
It has the shop address decal on the chainstay (C. van den Berg, Rotterdam). A quick google reveals it still exists, which 41 years later is pretty cool.
Took it for a longish spin yesterday and it rides, shifts and stops beautfully. Just a shame I live in Scotland and it's now November!
I do have one question. There are two patches of some kind of foil on the top tube underneath the braze-ons. Does anyone now what purpose these will have served? It's pretty neatly fitted but I can't imagine it's decorative.
Cheers,
Ali
I picked this up yesterday from a guy in Edinburgh via Gumtree which I though might be of interest.
He bought it in Rotterdam in 1979, rode it for a year and put it into storage. It seems to have had very little use and is in great condition. The only casualty of the years in storage was the bar tape.
I can't find too much online about Chinetti. The tubing is Columbus, though I'm not sure what specific grade from the decal. It has the crowd-splitting 600 EX Arabesque groupset, though with Campag shifters. Not everyones cup of tea I know (especially on an Italian frame), but I quite like the mad look of it. Elsewhere it's built with 600 headset, 3T bar / stem, Selle Italia Sprint saddle and 600 EX hubs on Mavic rims. Bit of an international smorgasboard then.
It has the shop address decal on the chainstay (C. van den Berg, Rotterdam). A quick google reveals it still exists, which 41 years later is pretty cool.
Took it for a longish spin yesterday and it rides, shifts and stops beautfully. Just a shame I live in Scotland and it's now November!
I do have one question. There are two patches of some kind of foil on the top tube underneath the braze-ons. Does anyone now what purpose these will have served? It's pretty neatly fitted but I can't imagine it's decorative.
Cheers,
Ali
