Simoncini Max

Fun bike, and probably very rare.  I seem to recall that some national pre-interwebs catalog place was selling Simoncini frames back in the day, like late 80s, early 90s.  Behind-the-times-typical-Italian wicked-short top tube lengths, if I remember correctly.  Anywayz, this is a neat frame, but there are some things that drive me frakking nuts (as with lots of other Italian/Euro frames of the period), namely the utter lack of lug shaping, which is especially important with the ugly, ungainly Max lugs, along with the inexcusable protruding internal brake cable tunnel.  It's these details that they missed that undermine the appeal of the chrome and cool paint.  The American custom frame guys like Chris Kvale would never have settled for such inelegant design.  Whatever.  Nice looking frame from five feet away.  Straight Max fork is always sweet.