Vintage Francesco Moser
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Smokin Joe
Legendary Member
Beautiful.
Specialeyes
Guru
That's really nice, and a proper hairy-chested freewheel 
SkipdiverJohn
Deplorable Brexiteer
20mm
Rather you than me. They'll rattle your fillings! 
And there's me that considers 28's to be skinny tyres, and as narrow as I will personally go. Is the fork crown very tight on height clearance? The rest of the frame doesn't look that tight.
Ridgeway
Veteran
That's really nice, and a proper hairy-chested freewheel
Noticed that, not for the faint hearted that cassette
midlife
Guru
Noticed that, not for the faint hearted that cassette
"corn cob" freewheel as we used to say
SkipdiverJohn
Deplorable Brexiteer
Maybe that's why old-school racers would sometimes fill their bidons with somewhat stronger liquor than water? To dull the knee pain when really going for it.
BalkanExpress
Guru
700x20
42x18 (or at best 21)
I bet on a rolling road with a good surface it is an absolute joy.
42x18 (or at best 21)
I bet on a rolling road with a good surface it is an absolute joy.
Smokin Joe
Legendary Member
At a guess I'd say that was built for time trials. A straight through block was the norm in the days when a hump back Bridge was enough to have a course described as "Sporting".
SkipdiverJohn
Deplorable Brexiteer
The frame angles look pretty steep, and it's quite short overall. Not your general purpose drop bar "sports" bike that we usually knocked about on as youngsters.
SkipdiverJohn
Deplorable Brexiteer
What age do you think it is, early-mid 1980's possibly?
It's certainly not typical of most of the "racers" I used to see around when I was younger.
A lot of them resembled tourers stripped of their racks and mudguards; i.e. fairly long wheelbase jobs with a fair bit of clearance even with the common 27" x 1 1/8" or 1 1/4" tyres fitted.
It's certainly not typical of most of the "racers" I used to see around when I was younger.
A lot of them resembled tourers stripped of their racks and mudguards; i.e. fairly long wheelbase jobs with a fair bit of clearance even with the common 27" x 1 1/8" or 1 1/4" tyres fitted.
Smokin Joe
Legendary Member
I'd go for late seventies / early eighties, oiler on the hubs, single pivot brakes and friction shifters. From memory all chrome forks started to appear about then, prior to that they were mostly half or three quarter chromed.
