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Oh hi! I guess it can be added, that if mortal me would walk to Colnago or Bianchi as Hey guys would you panto whatever for me whether on my new bike or for my old ones, they would roll on the floor laughing.... Besides many people appreciate SOMEC more than the other big names.
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Words on the cable guides.... one of the oldest known SOMECs from '75 has them as well (there is a '73 in existence but not even the tulip looked like that back then), what I can tell you, mine came with rotten front guide, and many others I've seen over the years had the same problem... only at the front. As @ArthurDent pointed out the existence of the tulip cutouts but the missing seat stay cap -SOMEC- text dates it to one of the early ones, same for the crimped chainstay behind the chainwheel. I would say, it is pre-'79 while the company was founded in '73. Closer details not even SOMEC knows, as they don't have old records. Even with the fork you have it could be a good looking bike, but if you could get a similar shaped to the original you would avoid questions, sad looks or the "you know the fork is not orig..." from SOMEC fans :D Actually the cheaper models had the same fork, but without the logo, also note the experimental logo on the '75. If you go toward the faded "Martini" style with pixel decals, you would better off getting a similar to what I posted earlier even if non panto - oh wait, that you have...
Do your lugs have round cutouts at the bottom? Mine is considered '79 and have neither crimped chainstay, nor round lug cutouts.
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That's right, their prices are really down to Earth according to a friend who went that way.
Actually a guy from Denmark recently popped up on German Classifieds selling Somec bikes and parts panto'd by Somec, worths a check if you like them or not, I am not affiliated in any ways, just bought a stem on behalf of a friend, he was cool (and most importantly speaks English, which is something to consider ;) ) Check Here -
Yeah, as @ArthurDent pointed out, all depends on the desired originality (and your pocket). I assumed with the faded paint of the later models that can be ruled out already, but that doesn't mean your bike won't look cool. Actually, I think yours had flat top with logo, just like mine, since it has the tulip lug cutouts, meaning in its time it was no lesser model (actually in the really early stages the lesser models meant lower cat. gruppo and simpler paintjob, you can search for SOMEC Special and Supercorsa to see the difference.) I can post you a pic of my fork later if you need for reference
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Make sure to have some cardiovascular medication at hand... they are no cheapo, get ready to pay more than what you paid for the frame and fork.
Here's an example from Cicli Berlinetta in Germany. Nice and coolb but I would avoid these big name shops, or at least in cases, like this. The fork is magic - although its Gipiemme dropout - if you anyway go for a more modern look its okay for yours - although not the original style for your frame. But the price.... eh.... -
Yepp... "it really whips the llama's a55".. there was another in Switzerland recently, also nice and a tad cheaper:
Somec Air Columbus SLX/SPX frameset RH58but the seller of the blue-white also has a pink lo-pro, that's the really cheeky stuff
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Hello and congrats, its a nice frame. Usually these were mono-coloed in red, burgundy, blue (both light metallic and dark non-met), yellow. The fork is indeed a candidate for being non-orig for its shape, but you can never know, however yours is not the cheapo model, but SL. The Falck tubed ones had no panto forks, but the looked the same as the panto ones. I have the same frame but with panto seat stay caps it was red until it reached the current state like yours and the decals were the old-school yellow ones with thin edges, pure text, no "Adidas" stripes, pixels, coat of arms. Since you paint it white and fade, pixel is one way to go, or "Adidas", like this Air on ebay:
Also at least these striped decals are available, while the older "pure squares" are not that easy to find.
@SasenFrAsen I bumped into 2 Somec frames on the Dutch classifieds, and one seems to confirm what I believed yesterday, that your orig fork might have had the older/experimental logo as it looks like your frame (no panto on seatstay cap, long rear dropout), you can compare to the other which is like mine, just for info. A few months ago one surfaced in Germany, it wasn't even expensive, like 80 eur or so.
The purple is like mine, and the "GIOS Torino" is like yours.