Originally Posted by
T-Mar
A repaint and new decals would be a no-brainer for me because the first thing required would be to remove the touring amenities (rear rack eyelets, lo-rider rack eyelets, bottle boss eyelets under the down tube) and plug the holes.
Do we know for sure that these weren't subtle features added to the frame by
Marinoni on request?
The subtilty of those rack eyelets suggests to me a build where someone wanted to hide the "potential touring" aspect of this frame, and thus seemed as if they may be original. Not to mention it would have been a bear to cut those two holes from the inside with the seatstays on - unless the whole tube was drilled and then re-capped on the outside edge.
-Kurt