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@JamesPaletti nice! Those pedals match the frame perfectly, look forward to seeing that built up.
I emailed Somec to try and get more info on my frame, Lara from Somec replied back to say they unfortunately don't have detailed records of the past, but she did confirm it was definitely a Mario Martini paint job as suspected.
To help with the dating she instructed me to take a pic of the Somec decal on the down tube and look for any 'World Champion' writing....
...I could see the Italian flag t one end of the decal and the World Champs colours at the other end but no writing....but hang on, in the C of Somec... enhance
So Lara said this dates the frame to 88/89 or possibly early 90at the latest, which is a few years earlier than I thought. I was not aware Somec even sponsored riders back in the day, and my google-fu is obviously very weak as I can't find any mention of any Somec World Champs in 88/89 for men or women in any cycling discipline. Anyone help out with who this was?
Anyway here's how it looks now, I've added 2 silver bottle cages and swapped the pedals to some NOS Look Delta's to match my other shoes.
I'm now thankfully rolling on clinchers thanks to the purchase of @HoKe lovely Mavic Cosmics, and thanks also to @bjj22 who I met yesterday as he had an exact set of Cosmics, and we did a freehub and cassette swap so I'm now running Campag and he got the Shimano freehub he wanted, so that worked out perfectly, cheers gents, everyone's a winner!
So here's how it looks now, I'm going to scratch an itch I have and see what it looks like this weekend with yellow tape, saddle and pedals, but if that doesn't cut it I'll be back to black.
Oh and other good news, Campag Delta's can accommodate 28c tyres. who knew! So I've got a pair of 28c Veloflex Corsa Evo's in there which make a dreamy ride dreamier.
