Friday, September 30, 2011

Casati





Owner Ned sends this photo of his Casati "Settantenario" (70th anniversary) MAX bike, serial number 25.

Although the bike is labled is MAX the only typical MAX tube is the seattube; the top tube is round, and the down tube is round at the headtube. Neither the chainstays or fork (also labeled MAX) look like MAX. Perhaps this is a mix of tubesets, or Casati did some in-house tube manipulation? Any information welcome.

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Monday, September 26, 2011

Marnati








Note: My thanks to Aaron for the photos of the frameset that Daniele Marnati built for him in 2010.

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Friday, September 23, 2011

Tommasini











Tommasini "Velocista". Click on photos to enlarge.

"Irio Tommasini has spent most of his life around bicycles. In 1948, while still racing as an amateur, he started working on bicycles. His building career started in Milan and in 1957 he started his own business in his home town of Grosseto. By the end of the 60's the Tommasini frames were well respected throughout Italy and were being exported for sale abroad. By that time Tommasini frames were already well appreciated for their fine finishes and true racing geometries. Amateur and professional racers had already been racing and winning on Tommasini's frames. Today, Irio and his employees produce between 2000 and 2500 frames per year with most of them being exported throughout the world."

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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

De Rosa




Photos courtesy of the all, all the time, De Rosa blog www.bikeadelic.blogspot.com

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Sunday, September 18, 2011

Bianchi


Note: Bianchi "Proto".

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Saturday, September 17, 2011

Zullo






C Y writes in with, "This is my Zullo MaxSilenus #13/20 with customize painting and straight dropout (not original horizontal dropout)."

Note: this is from the limited edition series that Zullo offered in 2010 of Max bikes which he named MaxSilenus. More about Tiziano Zullo here.

Click on photo to enlarge.

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Friday, September 16, 2011

Boschetti



My thanks to Ralf for these images of a Boschetti (by Rino Boschetti, located in Marano sul Panaro, near Modena).

Click on images to enlarge.

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

SOMEC






Note: SOMEC Promax. Short history of SOMEC here.

Click on images to enlarge.

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Molk






Description: "Vintage MOLK (Switzerland) road bike frame/fork, Columbus Max. Probably made in early to mid 90s (was equipped with Campagnolo Record 8-speed Ergopower group). Probably custom tailored framework. Framework with Columbus MAX tubing and MOLK marked dropouts. Original paintwork in dark purple metallic with airbrushed gold coloured decaling. Chromed rear stays. Original matching fully chromed fork with Columbis MAX tubing."

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Monday, September 5, 2011

Argonaut








Note: Track model. Argonaut website: www.argonautcycles.com

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