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I picked this up this morning, after spending years looking for a large frame here in Italy. This is, I believe a 21" frame (54cm seattube and 60cm toptube) but the tubing I'm not 100% sure on. It has these strange 'grooves' running along the length of the tubes, and is very light.
I am not sure about the year - I would guess mid 90's but it has a 1 1/8 headtube (Ritchey Fuzzy Logic) and the logos look like the later ones. It's in remarkably good condition, I think the previous owner really looked after it. I've stripped it down, removed the forks (I want to put some Kona P2 forks on it) but other than that, I'm not sure what the best course of action is. I've already got two 26" rigid mountain bikes, albeit in aluminium, so I had considered using this as a kind of... gravel bike by setting it up singlespeed with some medium tyres, maybe even (shudder) disc brakes, perhaps in the front only.
If anyone has any info about it, I'd really appreciate it as it'll help me to make sure the parts I get are (relatively) period correct. Any suggestions for a decent 26" wheelset? Was thinking silver parts for this. Apparently the BB is 68mm and the seatpost 27.2mm, so I should have a few spare bits I can use for the time being.