Moser road project

Hello, I have been a pretty inactive member and now have a new project I would like to change that! I would be interested in some forum advice and Moser knowledge if possible.. Ive tried to do some research into the age of the bike but so far I have not made any progress, additionally if anyone could tell me the tubing the frame is made of I would be equally grateful

I purchased this from a local chap in Suffolk, he had built it up mostly with campag Mirage parts, however I think the hubs my be different. The previous owner stripped the frame and repainted it by hand in yellow with a black head tube leaving the chromed dropouts.

Fortunately the forks were left as is, and are in pretty good condition.

I would like to get the frame repainted so set about sanding back the paint. I uncovered the serial number on the bottom bracket in the process which is shown below.

So far I have managed to sand the rear triangle of the frame and intend to sand the rest of the frame and use Nitromors on the more challenging parts. Heres another picture of the progress so far.

Lastly can anyone recommend some ideas for a repaint scheme, I would like to stay as cheap as possible so will probably choose one colour and then locate some Moser and tubing decals. Apologies for the length of post and hopefully it will be of some interest to someone.

Thanks

Gazelle

Yo, shout out to the East-side!

Red or yellow with chrome is always a winner in my book.

Some decal suppliers here.

East-side indeed! Thanks for the reply, I'm ready for painting now, do you or anyone know what tubing this may be? It has a very faint Columbus logo on the headtube but I can't find anything else!

Thinking I will probably go with red scheme leaving the dropouts and seat stays chrome.

Thanks for looking!

Gazelle

Red and chrome FTW!

What size seatpost does it take?

Any rifling inside the tubes?

Are the dropouts stamped with the maker's name?

Pic of the rear brake bridge?

Hello again, to answer your questions it takes a 27.2 seatpost, not sure I can see any tube rifling and the dropouts are campagnolo. Here's a bad picture of the brake bridge too!

Thanks for your help it's much appreciated!

Gazelle

Looks like it could be super prestige if it had Columbus decals. The pantographing is about right. I think it is probably SL tubing. Nice frame.

27.2mm will be a top tubeset and no-one puts Campag dropouts on a donkey.

I asked about rifling, as this would indicate SLX.

I find the brake bridge can be a useful indicator of the general quality of the build: a tube with a hole being the most basic.

Initially yours looks to be middling, not run-of-the-mill, but not top end either: a tube but with a nice reinforcement. However, if you look at either end where it flares and is profiled, it's clearly a cut above: understated class.

The same applies to the chainstay bridge and you can just see that it is a nice piece of work too.

All in all a classy frame and deserving of something nicer than Mirage for sure!

What are you plans for the build? I've got a couple of Chorus groups available...

Sarged1978 thank your opinion and comments!

Scilly thank you for all your help too, looks like ive managed to get a decent frame at last! I'll be honest that this is my first Campagnolo foray so i'm not really down on all the different groupsets etc... I would like to upgrade when I have some more money and find someone to buy the Mirage set, I will keep in contact!

Thanks again

Gazelle

The Campag line-up has varied, with groups being added (and removed) or renamed at different points. Assuming you stuck with a mid-Nineties, post C Record era, 8 speed set-up then the range would look like this:

• Record
  
• Chorus
  
• Athena
  
• Veloce
  
• Mirage
  
• Avanti.
  
  

They can be separated into two, broad groups:

• "race" (Record, Chorus & Athena)
  
• "leisure" (Veloce, Mirage and Avanti).
  
  

As you work your way down the groups, the materials and finish become coarser, but except at the very bottom of the range, you'd be hard pushed to tell the difference as far as function is concerned.

You'll pay a premium for Record above and beyond its actual worth, just because it is the top group. Chorus offers the best best balance of form, function and cost with almost all of Record's toys, but at a more reasonable price. Personally, I use Chorus on the TT and Veloce on the Audax.

Also bear in mind that as components trickle down from one group to a lower one, there are "sweet spots" when year X Athena, is actually re-labelled year Y Chorus.

The "retro tax" on 8 speed groups and spares is tipping the balance (for me) in favour of 9 speed, despite my preference for the robustness and ubiquity of the 8 speed standard

If you PM me your e-mail address, I'll send you groupset and spare parts catalogues: hours of fun for all the family!

I got some decals from the Australian guy who is always on eBay, great stuff, used them on my fillet brazed lopro a couple of years ago now and still great.