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Thanks for the links - SSCycleworks is an amazing place and Michael is a total star. He's helped me out with a few obscure bits in the last year, but I'm sorted on the headset front now. Thanks you replying! Rob

Hi - did you have any luck finding that seal? I just realised after rebuilding a mirage hub that there was no seal when I took it apart...I thought it seemed a little odd to have the right hand bearings unprotected in that way and now I see that there was meant to be a seal in there....anyway, I'd appreciate ut if could let me know if you managed to track down a source for these. Best, Rob.

This is an old thread now - but wondering if Carl still has any of those FH-RE150 seals available. I've rebuilt my hub (no seal present when I took it apart.... horrible mess in there) and was thinking that it was a bit odd that there was no seal separating the drive side bearing from the free hub pawl chamber - I thought that it was a bit unlike Campagnolo's usually nice well designed approach to things... then I checked on the parts list and lo, there was meant to be a seal! Carl - or anyone else - if you have a FH-RE150 seal, would be appreciated. Looks like its a push fit, so I won't have to remove the axle, just take the free hub off to fit. Any help appreciated, Rob.

I think I have worked out the red moser frame. Checked the BB butting and there are helicoidal reinforcements in the seat and down tube. So this makes it SLX, SPX or TSX. Not aware that Moser built anything in SPX or TSX, so I figure SLX. Judging by the lugs, dropouts and brake cable entry / exit points, looks to be a Team SLX or Professional SLX from around 1993. I'm thinking also SLX New - as the forks decal is consistent with this and both Team SLX and Proferssional SLXs were in SLX New. No idea about the mystery Columbus decal on the frame at the moment. Perhaps something the Ghirardi bike shop has lying around when they refurbed / fitted out the frame. Any views to the contrary gratefully received. Would be great to get the build details from Moser, but they were bought out from the Moser family a while back and haven't got back to me after I contacted them....perhaps what paperwork there was was ditched after the change of ownership?

I'm hunting for just the top screw-on bearing cup for a Campy Chorus 1" headset (see picture) Anyone got a spare they'd be willing to part with for a sensible price?. The rest of the headset is fine with almost unmarked alloy, but the bearing insert in the screw on cup has been brinelled really badly and is not useable. Can anyone help?

I'm hunting for just the top screw-on bearing cup for a Campy Chorus 1" headset (see picture) Anyone got a spare they'd be willing to part with for a sensible price?. The rest of the headset is fine with almost unmarked alloy, but the bearing insert in the screw on cup has been brinelled really badly and is not useable. Can anyone help?

Sorry to hear you missed out. On ebay its a case of Carpe diem, especially with some of the more obscure offerings that turn up from time to time. I spent 5 months umming and arring over the perfect bike on the bay, which didn't sell cos the frame was huge - and then it sold - and only then I realised I should have bought it. The Moser frame above (https://www.lfgss.com/comments/16399701/) is my attempt to recreate what I missed out on - and it will be great when its built, plus a land of fun along the way.

If you don't mind my asking - how tall are you?

Hi All - I'm new on here and didn't know where to put this, so please excuse cross posting! I have acquired a rather odd Moser frame that I am trying to get some id / background on. I posted in the "Can you help identify...." thread, but realise there may be others on this thread that might be able to help. Please see my other post:
https://www.lfgss.com/comments/16399701/
The frame (then as a complete bike) was featured on this thread on page 2, uploaded by user Fignon, but he's not been active for ages. Anyone else able to help? Best for now.

Can't help you really, other than to wish you luck with it. I saw the frame on the bay and the thought did cross my mind... I'm 6'5", but this is too big even for me. How tall are you and how are you going to ride it :-)? I'd not realised that cross-braces of the sort on your frame were a thing. Pic attached of a modern gravel bike with similar brace...sorry I cant help further.

I should make clear that I bought the frame stripped and the photos are from LFGSS user Fignon's 2012 post on the same bike when it was built up. Picture credits to Fignon. Can supply pictures of stripped frame if it would help further.

Hi - got a bit of frame puzzle here. Picked this frame up on ebay as a decent quality large frame for a period triple chainset build, to be used for some challenging summer rides in the Welsh hills. Its free from dings, the seized dropout adjuster came out ok and frame threads all look good. I could just build it and ride (which I will), but the frame is tatty and before I totally refinish it, I want to check that I'm not destroying anything with any real history about it.

It’s a Moser frame, (confirmed by M cutouts in lugs and Moser U turn on brake bridge). The frame is stamped X61C on the bottom bracket – 61 being the seat tube size I think. What the frame is made from is not clear. The seat tube bears a Columbus Tubi Speciali decal in blue and silver – which despite a good search, I cannot find a single match for online. The forks bear a Columbus Foderi Laminati decal – and this looks to be correct. The frame and forks have Campagnolo dropouts – the rears are the rare filled shield logo dropouts that I understand were only made for a couple of years and were not widely available, with many of them for some reason ending up on Mosers.

It’s light enough for my purposes, frame is 61 cm c-c and weighs 2004g, forks 680g. I’m no expert, but I can’t see any (SLX) helicoidal reinforcement in the main tubes around the BB or in the steerer tube. Seat tube is perfect fit for 27.2, rear dropouts 130mm.

There is no indication of the frame model – and to confuse things further the frame has a Ghirardi head badge (small bike shop in Varese, run by a former Italian team mechanic and pro cyclist Massimo Ghirardi) and the top tube bears a hand-painted dedication “Raffaele….bici e salute” which I think means cycling for health? Who was / is Raffaele?

To add a last twist to the tale, hunting online, I found pictures of this exact frame (same paint chips, same dedication) on this forum, posted by a now inactive member by the name of Fignon (not THE Fignon I guess :-)) back in 2012.
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/140902/?offset=25
Back then, the frame bore some expensive looking bits, including Deltas, and Fignon at the time figured that “a northern Italian Pro or semi-pro had this as his steed initially” although no evidence was provided as to who or when, or where he acquired it.

So my questions: what is the frame material, what Moser model is it, or it a factory special and does anyone know anything about its history?

I’ve found a few models that come close: 1989 Pro S/L – the dropouts match, but that frame from old brochures online seems to have been a mixture of SL and Oria ML25 (!), plus the seat stays are not fillet brazed as I think they are on my frame. A 1992 Team SLX looks to have the same dropouts, has the fillet brazed seat stays, forks are laminati, but from lack of helicoidal ribs in frame, I don’t think mine is SLX. 1996 Pro-evolution has the same dropouts and otherwise looks similar, but that frame is supposed to be Deadcciai ZeroUno – and I think the tubes were oversize (my frame, standard tube diameters). Nothing that quite seems to match so far – but hey – you guys out there are the experts. I await your verdicts with interest, and for now I’ll keep it away from the paintstripper :-)

Born-again lover of large-framed lightweight retro rides, following on from a youth wasted on an undersize Humber Beeston Sports. And no I'm not quite that old - it was my dad's hand-me-down (thanks Dad!). 1972 Witcomb Nuovo Record, 1988 Raleigh SBDU Services des Corses, 1993 Claud Butler Super Dalesman 531c.