Pennine Italia - 1964
Owned by: Peter Underwood
| Frame | 24” Pennine Italia – frame
number
4123. 23” top tube, 17½”
chainstays; braze-ons
- mounting for Pennine compressed-air inflator to rear of seat tube,
single gear lever boss down tube, tunnel BB and cable eye on top of
chainstay, brake cable eyes under top tube on R H side; Campag ends
front and rear with long drop-out; seatstays wrapped over at seat lug;
chrome forks oval to round. Frame finished silver with
red/white/blue seat tube panel; lugs lined red; (Painted by Mario Vaz) chrome rear
ends TA Professional headset |
| Wheels | Campagnolo large-flange hubs, quick-release 36/36 on Weinmann Concave 700
HP rims, 15 - 28T freewheel |
| Chainset | Stronglight 49 cotterless with TA rings 46/36 |
| Pedals | Lyotard platform pedals with Christophe (leather
bound) clips and straps |
| Gears | Campagnolo Record rear changer to brazed-on
lever on downtube, Campagnolo front changer to handlebar-end changer |
| Brakes | Weinmann 730 side-pull |
| Stem/Bars | Il Primo 4” steel stem with alloy Maes
bars |
| Headset | TA Professional |
| Saddle | Ideal 45 on
Campagnolo alloy seat-pin |
| Extra details | For
sentimental
reasons I had always wanted a Whitaker and Mapplebeck frame but nothing
came my way. In the 1950s W & M became Pennine when
Whitaker
left the company so this Italia is filling the gap. There is an article
on W & M included in 'Classic Frame Builders' |
 Many Pennines had the lug lining on the top edge of the lug rather than as here in the angle between lug and tube |
 Drive chain showing the Nuovo Record rear changer changed by the braze-on down tube lever, the Stronglight 49 cranks with 36/46 TA rings and the front changer which is operated by a bar-end control |
Close-up of Pennine CO2 pump mounted on special boss on rear of seat tube
 |
 Left: Seat cluster showing braze-on clip for Pennine air pump Above: Il Primo badged stem Right: Original art work on top of seat stay - sadly lost during respray - it is hoped to get this work reproduced |
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