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preco311
06-17-2009, 09:47 AM
Good morning - new here, and trying to find some info on a recently acquired frame.

I picked up an Othon Ochsner Serotta frame at a flea market - and I cannot find any information about it. I understand Ochsner is/was a racer? and now brands or co-designs with other quality frame builders and and components?
The frame is black which fades to pink over the rear stays - with a pink fork.
branded Ochsner on the seat tube, and the down tube with the bull head badge - but says serotta on the chain stays. Has a signature of Othon H. Ochsner on the top tube. Its columbus tubing - and my guess is it may have been built within the past 10 years? Only has 600 brake levers and a newer campy (veloce?) crankset & BB. I cant find any pics or reference to a frame like this.

Has anyone heard of this frame build? Would it be a production bike where many were made? Did Ochsner build high quality or is this another so-so frame?

Any insight would be great.

mister
06-17-2009, 09:54 AM
sounds like one of the frames in a serotta catalogue i've looked at on bulgier.net

totally_fixxate
06-17-2009, 10:02 AM
ask these guys.

http://www.ochsnerusa.com/index2.html

http://www.ochsnerusa.com/media.html

Vancouverdave
06-17-2009, 10:03 AM
Ochsner is a bicycle and parts wholesaler. They've had "Ochsner" frames made in Italy and Switzerland over the years--never heard of a Serotta-built one. Maybe a Serotta that was once owned by an employee, or by a racer they sponsored?