Pinarello Project
The Bike Exchange just received this frame, a 53 centimeter Pinarello (serial no. MM23 on bottom bracket) which appears to be an 80’s Montello, and I am anxious to start restoring it to running condition. As seen in the pictures it came to us covered in black, obscuring most of the original paint. Judicious scraping with a razor knife uncovered the original “Spumoni” paint scheme. One detail which is supposedly significant is that the bottle cage mounts are flush with the frame.
My intention is to repaint it with 2 part catalyzed rattle can paint in red and use Campagnolo record and new record for the derailleurs with Modolo brakes and hopefully, Cinelli bars and stem but a lot will depend on what we have available in the shop.
As with all my restorations this bike will be sold to finance (bikex.org) our nonprofit’s mission of re building donated bikes and then gifting them to those in need.
If you have any comments on the color, choice and source for paint, the appropriate groupo for this bike, or anything else related to Pinarellos, please sound off. I have painted quite a few bikes with Rustoleum rattle cans and love their colors. For this bike though, I want to take things to the next level.
Another "Spumoni paint job. apparently there were many different combinations of colors
