Pinarello Montello 1985 C-Record panto.

The Setup for the Pinarello Super Record Special (SRS) I've chosen is intended for long distance rides.
Compared with my length (183 cm) and the length of my legs measured at the inner side (89 cm) the frame is large (c-t seat tube 60cm) and the stem short (105mm).
From spring until autumn I use to ride every weekend round about 250Km with this bike and sometimes with the Colnago Super.
My average speed is 27 Km/h (spring) to 31 Km/h (autumn) on a 100 Km distance. The Setup of the bike is comfortable.

Of quite a different nature is the setup of the Montello. I build the bike with the intention to achieve high speed.
I’ve chosen for my size a small frame (c-t seat tube 58,3 cm) and a long Stem (120 mm).
You can see on picture 2 that the stamped minimum insertion limit of the seat post is not completely inserted into the seat tube…
This setup supports very high pedal frequencies’.
On the plain the maximum speed is ca. 51 Km/h for 3 to 4 Km with my fastest wheel set (Mavic SSC with Campa. freewheel).
I’m round about 5 Km/h faster with this setup. But on this bike the wheelbase is shorter and relatively the centre of mass is higher than on the SRS.
The bike is quicker responding to body moves and to steering.
This setup is more strenuous\arduous and not forgiving a bad style...

It is difficult to decide which qualities are resulting by the setup and which by the frames themself…

…my judgment:
The SL Frame is stiffer, slightly heavier and more relaxed.
The SLX is quicker responding, stiff enough and faster…

I second Zephyrus on the SL/SLX difference, though I go the opposite for racing the SLX (larger) and longer rides on the SL (smaller). Just the way I prefer it, but he's dead on about the Montello. I couldn't describe it better, so I won't try. The bike's character is basically: go fast, hurt, get over it, go do it again.

Road or Track Double Crankset 109mm length
(SP 65; SP or SS 68; SP or SS 70 )

Road Triple Crankset 112 and / or 113mm length
(SS 68 or SS 70)

65, 68, 70 indicates the bb width of the frame in millimeter.

Never heard somthing about a chagne of the taper... sorry.

Zephyrus - ...may the lucky wind be with you!

compare:
CAMPAGNOLO-C-RECORD-B-BRACKET-SET-NOS

...you need italian threaded cups if you want to use it with your montello

Yes! It's a pity - but the price is 3000$
and more for break callipers intended to use and ride...(?)

Zephyrus

Nice Bike! did you get the stem and crankset chromed or where they purchased in that condition?

Having bought the parts and removed the original surface which
had been coated by an anodic oxidation treatment by camapagnolo
and having a lot of scratches I polished the parts and had them chromed.
I finally recut and trimmed the threads.

Zephyrus

so you removed the coat by sanding with fine grit and repolished, sanding,buffing?

I removed the coat on unobtrusive scratched parts with a buffing machine.
For deep marks like they were on the stem I used very fine sand paper
(180 & 250) and polished the stem after sanding.

I let the surface untouched on NOS parts like the seat post etc…

Now the entire new chromed surface on all parts is like a mirror.