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I bought this via velospace in late 2008 and the owner had bought it, along with 3 or 4 more NOS Casati track frames from a source in Italy. He'd kept this one but had to concede that it was too small for him so kindly sold it to me. I built it up and have used in infrequently at Herne Hill over the past 4 years (I've had other track bikes that I've mainly been using during this period).
The frame is from the late 1970s/early 1980s (Casati couldn't be any more specific when I asked them) and the serial number is '7'. The frame was almost certainly built my Gianni Casati himself, who was said to be the finest builder of brazed steel frames in Italy by none other than Ugo De Rosa, at their workshop in Monza.
The overall condition is immaculate, I doubt you'd ever find as good an example of a frame of this vintage that's not NOS.
There are some slight patches where the chrome is damaged, especially on the chainstays, and the odd tiny mark to the paint but that's it. My understanding is that the frame is fully chromed beneath the paint too.
The frame measurements are as follows;
Top tube centre to centre: 590 mm
Seat tube centre to centre: 565 mm
Head tube end to end: 150 mm
The wheels were sourced from Campyoldy.co.uk and Nigel had picked them up from a bike shop in Italy, who'd claimed they'd never been used. They had a layer of dust cum grime on them but once they were cleaned up and serviced they were immaculate so I'm inclined to believe him. They were re-tensioned by Arup Sen last year.
I'm going to offer it as a complete bike for now as I haven't the time to split and sell the components individually.
Component list is as follows;
Frame and fork: Casati Cronox custom Colombus tubing
Headset: Campagnolo Record Pista
Bottom bracket: Campagnolo Record Pista
Chainset: Campagnolo C-Record Pista 165mm
Wheels: Campagnolo Record Pista low flange hubs laced 3x (and tied and soldered) to Nisi Moncalieri tubular rims
Tubulars: Deda Tre Olimpico
Seatpost: Selcof aero
Saddle: Cobra suede
Stem: Cinelli XA
Handlebars: Cinelli 64 Giro d'Italia
Chain: Miche
The bike can be viewed in Beckenham, south east London.
More photos here.