Originally Posted by
cudak888
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
The current owner of the frameset said he added the rack, low rider and bottle braze ons when he had it painted in the 80s.
JJ
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