I've recently acquired a Miele road bike (58cm TT C-C, 59cm ST C-C) but am unsure of it's origins. In Australia, we do not see many of these so first of all, I'm wondering, is it actually a Miele? It has been powder coated black with Miele decals. I don't believe the fork to be original and it had a whole mix of parts on it. Shimano 600 tricolor RD and shifters, Shimano 600 Arabesque crankset, Shimano exage FD and brake levers, malliard hubs with mavic tubular rims, gipiemme crono special brake calipers, 3ttt stem, cinelli handlebars and a 26.6 seatpost. I've tried fitting a 26.8 but it definitely is too big. I'm trying to figure out what type of steel the frame is made out of. I was really hoping it was some sort of columbus tubing, but from my research on these forums, it appears that may never have made any columbus in 26.6. If it truly is a Miele, it could potentially be made of Ishiwata or Tange II or Tange Infinity tubing. The frame alone weighs roughly 2.25kg (is this seen as lightweight?) and I can just make out a serial number on the bottom of the seat tube: P3361549. It's also interesting that the rear dropouts, although are not named, have no mudguard/rack eyelets which suggests to me that this frame was made for racing - I have not come across a lower end frame which does not have eyelets on the dropouts. I plan on using it and building it up with a full Shimano 6400 tricolor groupset, but I still would like to know at least whether I have a Miele or not, and what tubing the frame is made. Thanks in advance.
