FS: 63cm Italian road/touring frame, 1980's, BEAUTIFUL!!

Hello everyone, I have here a nice old early 1980's Italian made
road/touring frame for sale. I've had this frame for a few years and
finally built it up recently. It rides great, very stable and ready for
a long haul, but alas... it's too big for me. So I need to let her go.

I've been told these frames were imported by Palo Alto Bicycles back in
the early 1980's. It has 'BMZ' stamped on the BB which I was told means
Biemmezeta, a smaller Italian builder during that period. This frame is
probably from about 1984. It has very nice details on the fork crown and
seat stay caps.

(PICTURES AT THE LINK BELOW)

This frame is in EXCELLENT condition. Very few marks. The chrome is
perfect and the metallic rose paint has a faded a bit into a pretty
rosette tone. The guy who had this frame before me had it in storage for
a few years aswell, he had the same problem: he loved the frame but he
was too short. I'm taller than him so thats why i bought it, but I think
I should be riding a 61cm.

The only thing not perfect is the headset. It's a Campy Nuovo Record. It
looks beautiful, but the lower race had a few tiny indents in it so,
when I rebuilt it I had a mechanic take off the race, rotate it 45
degrees, and repacked it with new bearings and fresh grease. It seems
fine now. I could not find a 'retro' replacement headset (all the
current 1" threaded headsets look too 'modern' for this frame and I
couldn't even find a Tange Levin or similar to use) so I kept the Campy
one on it.

Strong Columbus SP tubing. Size is 63cm (measured c-c). 59.5cm c-c top
tube. Very long 44.5cm chainstays, with long style Campy rear dropouts.
Front dropouts are Campy as well. Braze-ons at dropouts for fenders, and
rack braze-ons on the seat stays. 126mm rear axle spacing. BB is 70mm
Italian threaded ofcourse. Seat tube takes a 27.2mm post. This frame
also takes a clamp-on shifter mount. I have 2 beautiful Campy clamp-on
shifter mounts that are available to the buyer at an additional cost.


Go here for more pictures:

http://ccrider.nebraska.edu/mybikes/...m/red63cm.html

Since the photos were taken I've put new/NOS Campy long axle adjusting
screws on the rear dropouts (the ones with the black thumb knobs).

Can anyone use this frame? It would make a great touring rig, or fixed
gear machine. I'm asking $300 (that includes shipping via UPS in the
continental US). Can't afford a Rivendell? Buy this instead and be
assured you'll have a frame few others on your next century or tour
will have.

Ok, any more questions please email me at:



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Oops, one detail I forgot to list. The frame takes LONG reach nutte
mounted brakes. I have a set of NOS Dia-Compe 400 long reach brakes fo
additional cost

Any questions email me:

Thanks for looking

Conra


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