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vpCogworks
Hey guys,
I wanted to show you my latest (finished) project. It's a 1983 F. Moser Modello Profil size 57 c-c
I bought 4 years ago. This was the condition I found it:
There were rests of paint, soldering flux agent, some rust, ... All in all not a great condition, but managable.
First, I checked for all the threads, shifting tube guards and so on, all fine.
I then took the frame to an electroplater to get it decoated, mirror polished (exept for the extra thin main tubes) and chromed again. This all took a few weeks and much more money I was expecting, but I think it was worth it:
A friend and I then moved on painting that beauty. I chose a nice chocolate brown, a less dark brown for the lower tube sides and an awful lot of detailing. We had some work to do hiding the parts that were not supposed to see paint:
I continuously searched for lightweight parts of that era to go with the bike. You get to see those I am most proud of finding or working with:
You see an ALES crankset from south Italy with drilled chainwheels and aluminium chain bolts. Also a tuned Concor Superleggera that was old and rugged before, so no loss there. I had a friend tuning my 1st gen Huret Jubilee rear derailleur with aluminium bolts and Shimano pulleys. I meanwhile needed to use a cracked clamp-on Huret fd and a Campa SR braze-on part to create a braze on Huret FD. I also had a factory one that unfortunatly didn't work with the frame mount.
I also used a SR ESL stem which is shortened and had a clamp mechanism tuning to be more safe than before. Of course it houses a 3ttt Superleggero. I fitted a Regina SL chain, Maillard Dural freewheel, CLB Professional brakes and brake line tubing and an ALES seat tube. The wheelset is a set of Pelissier hubs on Araya TitaAce rims and Conti tubulars. The total weight came down to 7.27 kg.
I am absoultley happy with the finished bike but I still need to shorten the handlebar by 1-2 cm each side, shorten the seat post, get my hands on the FD again as it sits a little too far back and still needs a little more support in itself. Also I still have a set of American Hi-E hubs lying around I will create a lighter wheelset from. I hope to maybe cut the 7 kg mark with a still ridable 1983 steel frame bike. I will tell you when news happen here :)