Interesting Marinoni came up in London a couple hours away from the center of the universe in Toronto. My friend happened to be going by yesterday and picked it up for me and dropped it off. The paint seems newer than 1977 but I've seen others with similar finishes. All the clamp bits had a protective tape on them so it had been disassembled at least once in its life. The stem gave me a vigorous 20 minute workout but it eventually dislodged itself.
The measurements are very promising to my particular stature and I can't resist a bike with barcons.
24.25" ctt st
23" ctc tt
It has a campagnolo 27.0 seatpost that fits well with a very narrow gap so I will investigate the possibility of 27.2, Italian BB threads, campagnolo dropouts and Italian threaded headset that was so tight and dry the fork couldn't turn.
Patent 74 rear derailleur, sugino crank and pre cpsc front derailleur. Gran Compe brakes and a Sugino crank round it out. Serial appears to be 77059 and I've sent a note over to Marinoni requesting more information. I am deducing it is the 59th bike of 1977 to be built but I am open to clarifications.
