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This bike here seems to have an identical frame: https://www.80velo.com/somec

No, I'm not sure, although the forks certainly seem to be. The second photo above seems to show a bit of what looks like a heart shape cutout, I think that's what you're referring to. The top of the seat stay does not have Somec written either but I don't think all do.

Yes indeed. After seeing that there's a somec thread here, I thought I'd post here too.

Hi, I'm thinking of buying a 1984 Somec road bike frame. It has no bottom bracket or headset. I'm no bike mechanic and need a bit of advice on what I'd need for these . Also, I have no budget to buy Italian fittings and I'd like to use as much of a circa 2001 Ultegra groupset on my current bike as I can. I guess the threading is Italian on both the forks and on the bottom bracket shell. Can anyone suggest what budget options might work with this frame? And particularly, how I can use the Ultegra crank set? If I'm not wrong I believe the cranks fit onto an octolink spindle.

Thanks. I'll paste some pics of the frame:

These are taken with a Leica IIIf with Ilford Delta 100 and developed in PMK:

@sohi Impressive!

Really nice @stevep

I think the K fell off @d0cA's Darktable (ie. not dartable). It's excellent.

@Owsh 👍

From the last roll of film and recent ride. Taken with a Nikon F2, Nikkor-S Auto 50mm 1:1.4, Kentmere 400, Rodinal development.

This I don't know. Just started to ask the seller questions this evening. I'll ask this specifically when I get a reply.

This bike has been advertised as a 30-something year old De Rosa Primato. The unicrown forks are apparently threadless and I've only seen these on Neo Primatos made after 2000 or so. Can anyone please put a year on it? Cheers

oops, will put this in the right thread....

Thanks.

Contax IIa, Carl Zeiss Jena 5cm 1:2 collapsible, Kentmere 400, Rodinal 1:25 7'30" 20°C.
Between blockbusters.

Contax IIa, Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 5cm 1:2 collapsible, ProImage 100 (expired?), Darktable:

Nice composition of blocks and colours. I never remember the proportions of the golden mean but this looks like it might have one or two in it!

Thanks

Good luck and sunshine!

I like PMK a lot and have been using it pretty much exclusively for a year or so. It has excellent shelf life, as you probably know. I don't use it for faster film as you tend to lose a stop because of its staining properties. eg. for TriX 400 you'd probably need to meter at iso 200. That takes all the fun out of TriX! For Kentmere 100 (first time I've used it) I shot @ 100. For Ilford FP4 125 I shoot @ 100. PMK is really great with FP4.

Thanks. Two more that I meant to post. Same specs:

Shots taken recently in Florianópolis, Brazil: Leica IIIf, Summicron 5cm 1:2 collapsible, Kentmere 100, PMK 1:2:100 7'30" 24°C.

Yes, a Dual 1219. The automatic mechanism is broken but other than that it's firing on all cylinders and nice and quiet, no noticeable rumble.

Thanks!

Nikon F2 Photomic, Micro-Nikkor 55mm 1:2.8, Kodak Tri-X 400, Kodak D-76 1:1.

Nikon F2 Photomic, Nikkor-S Auto 50mm f/1.4, Ilford FP4+ 125, Kodak D-76.