Benotto Pista

One of the nicest bikes on here, for sure. Lovingly built steel porn.

Fix axle, get porn points

is your bottom bracket italian thread ? if so it should be 70mm wide

the code on the axle says: (68)=BSA-(p)=pista-(120)rear spaceing

if i am guessing right you might run a campa bsa pista axle in italian BB shells, this could be the cause of the missing 2mm on your crank-frame clearence.

the axle code for italian thread shoud say "70-p-120"

just a guess, it might be wrong as well

Hmm, sounds like a plausible explanation. Will look into that!
I've been lacking the Benotto project ever since the birth of our baby boy. Was able to paste a nice Campagnolo decal on the pram though :)

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Still got your Bennie pista Redeemer? Looks like a 1700 if I'm not mistaken. Just scored a 2700 which I'm trying to date accurately (late 70's I think) and source nos decals to suit the period paint.

Love when these old threads pop up. Where is it now?

I might have some decals. They're repro, but about 10 years old...

Thanks, any chance of a pic? It's all in the details

I'll try to dig them out.
They're the same as I used on my pista. https://www.pedalroom.com/bike/benotto-pista-32466
Bought a spare set iirc...

Nice one. They look like they could be the right period with yellow surround on the shield. Much obliged.

Hey. I went to look, but only found an empty envelope. Dodgy memory.
I'm sorry for getting your expectations up!