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Very nice.
I think Mercatone-Uno rode Pinarellos up until the end of 1993, then switched bike sponsor (to Bianchi). I remember Michele Bartoli and Francesco Casagrande riding Pinarello frames when they were neo-pros on the team.
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Thanks Andy. Cheers for info. I've got this Mercatone Uno Medeghini Zucchini jersey with Pinarello branding that I guess is from 93 then. Just checked the rider roster that year and see MDVP's dad Adri was on the team then.
I know this era Dario Pegoretti was building Pinarello's for Big Mig at Banesto, would Dario have built exclusively for Banesto or did he work.for other teams?
There is serial number info on frame, anyone kn0w if modern mega corp golf club Pinarello have records of their cool old steel bikes? My experience of Italian builders record keeping is that its iffy.
user75204
....I was aware that 650c tyre options were limited, the modern 28c fatter options were never available, and I couldn't even find any gumwalls at all in 25c or 23c, so had to made do with some black Conti gp400's.
But now what, I dont even own a lo-pro, so like mashton and his build a bike around a saddle, now I had to build a bike around these wheels. Months roll by as super sick rad lo pro's in large size are few and far between.
One has been winking at me Italy, but post Brexit import fees and charges put me off, but it's on my watch list and keeps nudging me every time I wander into ebay on wet weekday evenings. A few drinks deep again and impulse offer is made, and the next day to my surprise is accepted.
Roll by another 6 weeks of customs fuckwittery and general ineptitude, handling fees and then finally a large package with Italian papers arrives, my favourite kind.
And so a few decades late to the lo pro party, I'm a member of da club. It's a steel Pinarello team Mercatone Uno team bike from I think 1993/4/5. It has no tubing decals but seems a mix, the 3 main triangle tubes are like oversized gilco tubes, with a distinct tear drop shape with quite a sharp edge on the teardrop tail. The pointy bit of the teardrop on the top tube and down tube point towards the inside of the frame, while the seattube has the pointy side pointing towards the rear of the bike. I've never understood Pinarello tubing, they seem to have all sorts of ones I've never see anyone else use like dolmen and kens, so don't know what assortment this is. The fork looks a bit like Columbus Air to me, but no idea really. The bottom bracket has some mini webbing gussets and frame has R.Petito on it and was told it was Roberto Petito's. Bit before my time so I'd not heard of him but wiki says he has been top 5 in Flanders and Roubaix and did win Tirreno Adriatico once.
Anyway yadda yadda here's some pics.....