Editing Pinarello (section)

===Historical models===
[[File:1984-pinarello-montello.jpg|thumb|right|Pinarello Montello with Campagnolo 50th Groupset]]
The '''Pinarello Montello SLX''' was a landmark model for Pinarello as this was the frame with which Pinarello achieved their first major pro victories. This model frame was one of the most responsive of the mid to late 1980s as shown by wins in events such as the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] Road Race, [[Vuelta a España]], the [[Giro d'Italia]] and stages of the [[Tour de France]].<ref name="bike">{{cite web|url=http://bicyclerenaissance.com/page.cfm?pageID=198|title=The History of Pinarello|work=bicyclerenaissance.com}}</ref> The Montello had a brake cable through the top tube, chrome sloping [[Bicycle fork|front fork]] and chrome on the drive side chain stay; later models had the full rear triangle chromed.  The Montello SLX was in red, blue and Spumoni.<ref name="catalogue">GITA Sporting Goods, Pinarello Catalogue #65</ref>  Pinarellos from the mid-1980s often have the decals restored by owners as factory-applied decals were prone to flaking off.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.roadbikereview.com/10/0EFCCF2A.php|title=RoadBike Review's Forum Archives|work=roadbikereview.com|access-date=2007-10-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080424044759/http://archive.roadbikereview.com/10/0EFCCF2A.php|archive-date=2008-04-24|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The Montello was available in 2 versions: frame from Columbus SL with SLX fork, or fabricated from [[Columbus Tubing|Columbus]] full SLX double butted tubing with rifling down the inside center. The [[bottom bracket]] was investment cast with the Pinarello logo and the [[Fork end|dropouts]] were by [[Campagnolo]]. Braze-ons for down-tube [[Shifter (bicycle part)|shifters]], [[front derailleur]] and two water bottles were provided. The GPT logo (for Giovanni Pinarello, Treviso) appeared in many locations.

The '''Pinarello Treviso''' was the second-in-line model under the Montello SLX in the mid-to-late '80's.  Built with Columbus SL tubing, it featured a painted fork and seat stays, with chromed chain stays. This model also featured the sloping fork crown.  On the road it is easily distinguished from the Montello by the single chrome chain stay. However, some older models of the Treviso (1981) did not have the chrome chain stay.

After the Montello SLX, Pinarello departed from his standard production design with parallel seat and head tube angles and created the '''Gavia'''.  This provided more saddle setback than the Montello or other Pinarello designs. [[Greg LeMond]], the winner of the Tour de France in 1986, 1989 and 1990,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.letour.fr/2007/TDF/COURSE/us/histoire_home.html|title=Paris-Roubaix 2015|access-date=2007-10-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010125316/http://www.letour.fr/2007/TDF/COURSE/us/histoire_home.html|archive-date=2007-10-10|url-status=dead}}</ref> promoted designs that pushed the saddle further back.<ref>Lemond G, Gordis K. "Greg LeMond's Complete Book of Bicycling" New York, Perigee Books,1990</ref>  The Gavia was constructed of Columbus TSX tubing.  This model was available in red, blue with pearl white panels and pearl white with fluorescent splatter.<ref name="catalogue"/>

[[File:Indurain_Custom_Steel_Pinarello_TT_Bike_Seatpost_and_Seat_tube.jpeg|thumb|right|[[Indurain]]'s custom steel Pinarello TT bike with aero tubing and seatpost]]
The '''Banesto Line''' was released in 1993 following Miguel Indurain's first two Tour de France (1991 and 1992) and first Giro d'Italia (1992) wins. Based upon Indurain's preference, all Banesto Line frames were constructed with Oria tubing. The Banesto Line was headlined by Indurain's Time Trial bike, debuting at the 1992 Giro with a remarkable advance in steel frames as it featured Tig welded custom aerodynamic tubing and custom aerodynamic seat post with internal shifter and brake cable routing. This TT bike represented an early example, possibly the first, of experimentation with airfoil tubing in the pro peloton. Only three of these TT framesets are known to have been constructed. Prior to the 1992 Giro, Indurain had ridden a Banesto painted TT bike with a round tubeset.<ref>Miguel Indurain Time trial Pinarello Banesto http://www.vintageluxurybicycles.com/indurain-tt</ref> The Banesto Line included the Tig welded '''Ciclo Cromovan Record 93''', the '''Ciclo ML 34 Record 93''' with a chromed fork and chrome rear triangle as well as the '''Ciclo ML 25 Veloce 93'''. The Banesto Line were supplied with Campagnolo components, Mavic rims, Aci Inox spokes, Vittoria tires, ITM handlebars and Indurain's preferred Selle Italia Turbo saddles.<ref>Pinarello Vince brochure 1993</ref> Riding his Pinarello Banesto Line bicycles, Indurain was the last cyclist to win the Tour on a steel bicycle.<ref>Gallery: Tour de France race winning bikes. https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/gallery-tour-de-france-race-winning-bikes/. 29 June 2012.</ref> In 1997, the steel Banesto Line had changed from the white frames to utilize standard Pinarello blue and white color schemes along with Banesto badging on the downtube. In 1998, the Banesto Line included the new Paris aluminum frameset and updated Pinarello logo.

[[File:Pinarello bike jan ullrich.JPG|thumb|right|[[Jan Ullrich]]'s [[1997 Tour de France]] winning Paris FP]]
The '''Pinarello Paris''' in the mid-1990s was a 7005 series aluminium bike with an aluminium fork later replaced by the aria carbon fork. It was upon this frame that Jan Ullrich and Bjarne Riis won the Tour de France. Winner of the 2007 Editor's Choice award for a road racing bicycle from ''[[Bicycling Magazine]]'', the Pinarello Paris FP is the premier monocoque, high modulus, unidirectional carbon fiber frame. In 2009, the FP6 replaced the Paris FP and F4:13.  The monocoque frame uses the same mold as the Paris FP, but with different carbon fiber (30HM3K).
Pinarello has been slow to jump aboard the all-carbon juggernaut, preferring to concentrate on its highly regarded magnesium-frame technology as showcased in the Dogma series of bikes. But the attraction and momentum of carbon is unavoidable, and while the all-carbon '''F4:13''' hasn't displaced the Dogma at the top of Pinarello's line-up, it is clearly a serious and purposeful attempt to use the material's properties to best advantage, starting with one-piece main frame construction to exploit carbon's stiffness and low weight.