For Sale: Rossin Columbus frame and fork (inc Campagnolo BB) 55.5 x x55.5

sold

A beautifully made Rossin Columbus steel competition racing frame and fork. Paintjob is damaged in some places, but it's still attractive looking in its yellow black and chrome combo. Special BB shell, looks reinforced. Plenty of panto, certainly not a run of the mill Rossin. Including Campagnolo BB, which is smooth.

Seat tube 55.5cm c-t
Top tube 55.5cm c-c

More pics can be found here.

Yours for 265 Euros including postage to the UK/most of the EU

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now 250 euros including postage

Hi Peter...what tubing exactly? Seatpost...27.2mm? OLN 126mm or 130mm? any idea as to age? What is the frame's mass?

Ciao Leon, 99% sure it's Columbus SL, as the decal just says 'Columbus'. The seat post size is 27.2mm

I am interested...as the De Rosa i bought is too large for me....Could you answer the above questions....OLN, frame mass etc......thanks Leon

why edit your original question, I answered the questions that were there! ;-)

why edit your original question, I answered the questions that were there! ;-)

Sorry?...After i asked the original questions other came to mind.....which i would like to know....apologies for so many.

no problem, hence winky, just seemed that I didn't answer all of your questions, which I did.

had to run upstairs again to measure, back now with the details:

OLN 127mm
weight as pictured (including BB, seat post binder bolt & cable tie) 3 kgs
Best guess as to age: early 1990s

cheers

127mm....so should be easy to use 130mm wheels......i need to have a thought on this as i have put a few feelers out on some other frames.....but i like this.....thanks for your indulgence.

I'd say it predates 1992 for a couple of reasons....firstly 8 speed had arrived by 1988...ie 130mm.....and by 1992 Rossin was taken over and the make was soon in decline and this frame i would think comes from a better period in their history. However perhaps no later than 1984 as that is about the time 6 speed [127mm] was introduced.

http://www.classicrendezvous.com/Italy/Rossin/Rossin_main.htm

http://rossinproject.blogspot.co.uk/

thanks for educating me, late 1980s sounds more plausible. that blog is brilliant btw, checked almost all pics but the specific type of bb shell is nowhere to be found, however this strada professional looks a bit like it

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FG0DOWix2GE/T0THTlf8cOI/AAAAAAAAC3I/rpsgYsv8BJw/s1600/ross+splat+6.jpg

(edit: this one too)

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dBo2WAb6IpI/T0TE0p3-eqI/AAAAAAAAC1w/2mEXQ8yG3j0/s1600/strada+5.jpg

(edit 2) FOUND IT - but this one is on a Rossin Prestige apparently, which mine is not.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mGwcAuXtuNE/T7ZLcTbvqaI/AAAAAAAAC-c/rdMEyVX5Sds/s1600/Prestige05.jpg

too bad the rest of the 1987 catalog isn't there and dropbox somehow mangled my pic of the BB, but this is it

pm about the frame

PM sent...

sold

Many thanks Peter,
that well packed rossin arrived yesterday evening, a fine winter project i have now
cheers
johny

Thanks Johny, show us the pics in the current projects thread when you get on!