1984 Pinarello Montello – Cromovelato Aqua Blue with Campagnolo 50th Anniversary Groupset
I built this up after doing my red Montello >>>
This time round I was after a bike with original cromovelato finish, full rear triangle in chrome and chromed lugs. It took 3 years of searching to find this one in my size. When I found it on German eBay I ended up having to fly to Berlin to collect it as the seller would not post… anyway it was worth it.
I am pleased with the way it has come out and there are a few chosen deviations.
– All the black rubbers on the brakes have been subbed for original white from a C Record Group
– The usual black cable housing for a 50th set has been replaced with NOS C Record housings
– The gold 50th brake nuts have been subbed for Cobalto nuts; but not the standard nuts as they have a very dark green/blue colour; these ones came with the bike and clearly back in the day the owner has changed the colour of the “jewels” in the nuts
– I have used a panto’ed PINARELLO C Record seat post in place of the 50th one; just because I think it looks nicer
– I have used a special NOS 50th decal over the standard one
– I have used a 50th panto’ed stem which I have repainted in a blue to match the frame
– The gum hoods have been replaced with NOS white hoods
My frame number is QQ177; below text is from Richard Wade who is the holder of the records and as far as I know the only person who can provide a narrative from the frame numbers …
These QQ prefix frames while not rare are by no means plentiful and some of them are verified team frames. QQ 177 was built in the October/November run 1984. Making it one of the original Montello’s and produced as the Pinarello explosion was happening following the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. QQ 177 is a Columbus SLX, in Blue Azure Team colors and was built up with the Campagnolo C-Record gruppo, Cobalto gem stone brakes and had the frame lugs chromed. The full bike is in mint condition and is or was located in Berlin Germany…..It is the very earliest of the QQ series frames we have in our data base which run from 177 to the 300’s and then 500’s in 1986. No QQ examples from 1987 have ever turned up……QQ frames remain as one of the most desirable of all Pinarello Montello prefixes in the collector market today.
