What is this bike?
12-16-22, 03:39 PM
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What is this bike?
What is the vintage blue and white road racing bike with the nervex lugs and the little golf ball dimples all over the bottom bracket shell?
12-16-22, 03:47 PM
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looks all-white on me monitor
"golf ball dimples" suggests aero fad of early 1980's
there were paint jobs with them - one perpetrator was Witcomb
another possibility might be a sandcast shell such as those of Georg Fischer...
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looks all-white on me monitor
"golf ball dimples" suggests aero fad of early 1980's
there were paint jobs with them - one perpetrator was Witcomb
another possibility might be a sandcast shell such as those of Georg Fischer...
blizzard may finish soon
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12-16-22, 04:13 PM
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The dimples are only on the bottom bracket shell and there are a lot of them. The bottom rocket shall look similar to a golf ball.
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Where are pics?? Link perhaps
12-16-22, 04:26 PM
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Something tells me it's probably a Rollfast... Are customers allowed to touch this one?
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What is the vintage blue and white road racing bike with the nervex lugs and the little golf ball dimples all over the bottom bracket shell?
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OK. When you find the time to get back to the shop to take some more pics, your question may be answered. Not likely before then.
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Schwinn Varsity.
Duh.
Duh.
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Typos and auto-incorrect can be so much fun. Just roll (sic) with it. 
We can be very helpful when we can see the bike in question or have something more to go on. Personally, I've never seen a golf ball dimpled bottom bracket. Possibly it is a one-off or former owner modification.
We can be very helpful when we can see the bike in question or have something more to go on. Personally, I've never seen a golf ball dimpled bottom bracket. Possibly it is a one-off or former owner modification.
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Dimples = rust pitting?
Dunno. Spitballin', since it's kinda become the theme of the thread
OP, you've been here before; you know we need more to go on if we're truly going to be of any use in identifying your query-rig.
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Dunno. Spitballin', since it's kinda become the theme of the thread
OP, you've been here before; you know we need more to go on if we're truly going to be of any use in identifying your query-rig.
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Non-penetrating home-brewed drillium, maybe?
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Fact: "Gios" means "blue" and "torino" means "dimpled"... in Etruscan.
Also fact: "torino" in Spanish means "I pee on you" (informal)
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Who's the manufacturer again?
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