Somec - Società Meccanica enthusiasts

Never in the (now known as) Pro Tour as far as I know... Only with amateur teams and FCI teams

Cool, I'll have to pay him a visit too one of these days. I will do that this week or the next, and see what he has to say!

Weather is too crappy to go to a photogenic spot. And my photography skills too spotty to provide a very nice picture. But here is a sneak preview front shot of the Plum-Somec. If anyone is interested, I will take more detailed pictures.
It came equipped with 1975 first gen SR rear derailleur, pre-CSPC brakes but post-CSPC front derailleur. Seat post was a rino fluted one. It has been substituted by a campag aero type, but that is too young - I have budget set aside for a nice fluted period-correct SR one. Brake levers are the oldest aero type I could find, but are still too young. More details at a later time!

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If anyone is interested, I will take more detailed pictures.

Why not, especially lugs, pantos and fork crown or anywhere that shows Oliviero's fine work

The fork crown is especially lovely. I will get some detailed pictures tomorrow or the day after. From memory, the seatstays have the SOMEC script pressed in and a tulip-cutout is present behind the headset, in front of the seattube and underneath the BB.

Shiny steel!

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(Sorry about the background clutter)

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Older style cluster; I tried to date my frame once using that as a reference. I thought early 80's from comparing to catalogues.

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Lovely brake bridge.

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And to finish, the interior of the fork is reinforced from the crown down.
I'll be fitting this one with a new head set today :)

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Nice fork crown indeed.

Sneak preview of next week's photoshoot:

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Beauty! Were you thinking to replace decals at some point or you prefer to leave it as it is?

I haven't made my mind up yet. If it weren't for the fact that the bike shop is a local one, and this bike is the reason I got into the whole hobby, I would change the decals in a heartbeat.
As is, I bought it from a neighbour of a friend of mine not knowing what exactly I was getting into, and I like the old stickers as a memento of the whole discovery process going from "Plum is local, cool" to "Ooh, nice tulips" to "What's that in the seat stays?" to googling SOMEC.

I am currently trying to fit it with a complete period-correct SR group though (doing headset tonight!). The seatpost is proving hard to find, and I need to find a solution for the current aero set-up, which I quite like but is too young.

Just spotted this lugged carbon frame, for sale as well.
I didn't know something like this was ever made by Somec:

Just spotted this lugged carbon frame, for sale as well.

Where? And what is that stem?

@Scilly.Suffolk Cinelli Domino

Here:
http://www.fixedforum.it/forum/topic/72073-somec-anni-90-campagnolo-athena-tg-52-600%E2%82%AC/
and yes, that's a Domino

I have a 1992 ms leader.




I have a dura ace panto chain ring on the way too.
they have lots of vintage catalogues on their website too which is a useful resource.
http://www.somec.com/it/azienda/cataloghi_vintage/

Sorry for the derail but this page is full of stem porn and I was wondering if anyone could identify this ITM stem? @Carabo maybe?

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Gorgeous!

@kaiseroscar I'm not sure what it is, looks like an ITM 700 variant.

"A 1994 model 700 hinged stem"
Scroll down about half way
Surprised @carabo didn't say it as he features all over the page.

Excellent work! The hunt is on. Hens teeth I imagine. Anyone finds one... dibs