Vanni Losa Road Bike - Late 70s italian £500 posted!!

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Nbenja3

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Ndeipi in reply to @Nbenja3

I've linked this to a friend who will be joining LFGSS and enquiring about the bike.

For my own curiosity... Can anyone explain the apparently large clearance between the front tyre and the fork crown? Is the tyre simply under-inflated? As it's 1970s I wonder if the frame could have been built for 27" wheels rather than 700c but that seems less likely for an Italian frame.

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lesterama in reply to @Ndeipi

@Ndeipi, wider clearances were more common in the '70s, before everyone wanted close clearances on the road. Makes it easier to put nice fat training wheels on, for starters. Front and rear clearances look to be approaching 50mm.

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