For Sale 55cm Benotto 3000

Gone

Optimistic price

Also can't be listed here and somewhere else so please remove one of the ads

Thanks for your input. I'll value it.

Are they Chorus cranks?

Yes, if I was to keep it I'd get them polished by pistaresistance.

Here's their instagram page, with the same chainset

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Yes, ...

No, cranks are entry level xenon cranks: http://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=9c4c441d-acaf-42a6-b976-51459123d904&Enum=115

Brakes are Athena D500
http://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=10c754eb-6eca-4f35-a557-b400d9a09f5e&Enum=117

-> your price is way off but good luck!

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Yep.

and you can't offer your bike here if it's advertised somewhere else: http://www.campyoldy.co.uk/bikes-for-sale-by-owner/

Read the rules

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And some information about frame failures of Benottos made in mexico:

I really don't mean to rain on your party...but as a former owner and still a lover of Benotto bicycles I have to say the following:

DO NOT RIDE YOUR BENOTTO!!!

Here's the reason why...

From the early 80's all the way to when they stopped sales of Benottos in the United States - Benotto frames failed. Only two models were spared...

Modelo 800 - Made with hi-ten steel was not affected.
Modelo 850 - Made with Columbus Zeta - cracked where seat tube entered the bottom bracket lug.
Modelo 1000 - Made with Columbus Zeta or Aelle - cracked where seat tube entered the bottom bracket lug.
Modelo 1500 - Made with Columbus Zeta or Aelle - cracked where seat tube entered the bottom bracket lug.
Modelo 2000 - Made with Ishiwata 019 - cracked where the seat tube entered the bottom bracket lug.
Modelo 2500 - Made with ??? - cracked where the seat tube entered the bottom bracket lug.
Modelo 3000 - Made with Columbus SL? - cracked where the seat tube entered the bottom bracket lug.
Modelo 3500 - Made with Columbus SLX - separated where the down tube entered the head tube lug.
Modelo 5000 - Made with Columbus MS / Gilco - not affected.

Basically these issues appeared when Benotto moved production to Mexico. The clinical judgement of a local frame builder was that the brazer in Mexico was overheating the tubes during brazing resulting in a premature onset of "brittleness".

From: http://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/369168-my-1985-benotto-modelo-3000-a.html

The chainset have a square/rectangle box with 31 inside. 3x represented the year of production, in this case 1987. Xenon was not available until 1990. Campaga and other manufactures did produce painted chainsets at this time, for some reason it was quite fashionable.
I'll do more digging on the brake calipers, as early stuff was filtered down to lower groupsets. The photos you're showing me are pretty inconclusive. I'll take the blocks of and check the width of the point where the blocks attach to be 100%.
Thanks for your positive feedback.

Zero cracks in the frame after 30 years.
Again thanks for your trolling of my post, hopefully in the future I can do the same for you.

This is bound to go well.

Lol, I think he's got a crush on my bike.

I don't think I was trolling your sale thread, I corrected a false claim in your offer and provided additional background information which is in the best interest of potential buyers.

@Sig_Arlecchino is simply pointing out what they feel prospective buyers should be aware of and this is part of belonging to this forum.
Your price IMHO is optimistic.
You are breaking a forum rule by cross posting,
Rule no3
No cross-posting adverts you've put on other sites. If you have an item for sale anywhere other than here, like ebay, bikeradar, ctc, retrobike, etc. then you cannot post it here. However, if you have posted it on one of those other sites, other people who have discovered it are allowed to post it in the eBay/Craigslist finds thread. You must not do this yourself.

So do you post about frame failures on all bikes listed?

Just the ones that are notoriously prone to failure

Have to agree with Sig. The fact that it's a Mexican made Benotto, as well as the fact that the cranks and brakes not Chorus are going to have impact on the price.