Pinarello aluminium 1994 ?

[jordic1968]

I promised not to buy more bikes but .... just bought this frame (not a full bike, so I'm ok. I can be wrong but I believe it's the first aluminium frame made by Pinarello, with ORIA 7020 that some Banesto riders used already in 1994 uphill stages , before the better kwown 1995-6 Keral lite model. Probably also coming from Mr. Pegoretti's officina?

I'm planning to ride it regularly along my team banesto 1994 with oria cromovan , and would like to build it with a silver 10 speed groupset and compact crankset. Yeah, I know completely not period correct. 10 speed shifters in silver are rare. Wheels probably will be looking for record 10 speed hubs with mavic reflex tubulars in light blue.... Let's see what comes out during the search anyhow.

Any suggestion is welcomed

 

[hamster]

You could simply swap the lever blades on second-generation Campag ergos to get a silver finish. But Chorus, Centaur and Veloce levers were silver in 10 speed in 2001-2003 - later on some versions.

 

[dadoflam]

Very interesting. It could be a Pinarello Ceramicall 100 possibly. Produced in 1994 only - ceramic aluminium tubing. Very light. Otherwise it might be a Keral-Lite - produced in 1996 only by memory, and used by Telekom to win TdF that year.


How did you determine the tubing type - is there a tubeset decal on the frame?

 

[jordic1968]

Hi dadoflam

Thanks for the info. I never saw a 1994 / 1995 pinarello catalog! No stickers on the frame, but I thought initially that could be Oria as it is said Mikel Zarrabeitia and others were riding first alu Pinarello's made with oria 7020 during mountain stages back in 1994. But maybe the journalist was mistaken ;( My fork is a team banesto one. It is also written that the riders were replaced alu forks by the steel ones back then.

But afterwards I have seen more pics of these popular oria 7020 frames and there is either a flat drop out, or have Oria stamped on the droupouts, that mine have not. So I'm now more inclined to believe mine is built with the ceramicall 100 tubing (either first version or the keral-lite branded).

This is how my neo retro build looks now. Total weight as in the pic is 9.020 Kg (incl. pedals, ...)