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Good to know, thank you. I'll be disassembling the bike this evening, and will post a picture of the serial number.
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That looks to be in great shape. What are your plans for it? Mine is also red with yellow decals. I need to get it out and have another look at it. Can't remember if it has the seat tube decal or not.
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Thanks, Oliver. The plan is to resto-mod the bike. I'll keep it as original as possible, with the exception of certain items. No value in vintage cables, right? (housing...???) I will repaint the frame a period correct shade of silver add new / correct decals, deep clean / lightly polish the good parts, replace some the worn parts with correct NOS components. Maybe do some 'drillium' on the brake levers and chainrings. I will likely sell the bike with two sets of wheels. I plan to keep the current tubular wheels original, but also build a NOS set of Nuovo Record hubs with period correct clinchers for someone who might actually want to ride the bike. The bike is in great shape as-is, but I've never ridden it (too small), and it deserves to be restored to it's former glory and owned by someone who likes to ride / own vintage bikes. I'm mostly a full-sus MTB rider these days... I will probably do a professional photo shoot of the bike afterwards for a keepsake, and a framed copy for the buyer. Last edited by Kirk Pacenti; 05-24-2021 at 08:24 PM. |
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Let us know if you find a serial number on the fork. I associate that seat tube decal with early to mid 1980s but none of my catalogs show it. I have a catalog from 1986 or 1987 (pictured). Club Specials were still being made then, but all the pictures in the catalog show the chevron decal style which definitely came later than the ones on your frame. |
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What a cool restoration project. An aero frame like that needs a Stronglight 107 with a dinner plate chainring and aero bolts.
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Serving plate...
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Serving plate... Just sayin..
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Serial Number
Here's the serial number.
If I were to take a wild guess, this bike was actually built in 1980, and not 1978. Maybe someone here is more familiar with Serotta's serial numbering system... The second picture is what I found inside the steer tube. Way back when, every household had a label maker. |
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That would look amazing. I'm not quite as committed to a restoration myself. I'm hoping whoever the new owner is does appreciate it though, and I do want to let them know about these threads so they can see some background on the bike. I think I've done my job in saving it from more miles as a single speed but I was hoping I could get some appropriate AX parts on it and ride, but I am just not sure about the seatpost situation and I do believe it needs a C type, and not the E type it has. I have been watching Ebay for one since October when I picked up the bike, but haven't even seen one pop up, so that leads me to believe they are rare, and that if there is someone with one, they might be waiting on a bike like this to pop up to use it. Anyway, I don't want to promote a sale here, I'm not sure it's against the rules or within the rules, but I'm just letting people know my intentions at this point. I'll still be keeping my eyes out for a Serotta so I can experience the brand. |
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Both bikes.......what fun mysteries As far as the OP’s, seems someone went to a lot of trouble to repaint the frame and pass it off as a Serotta, if that’s what happened. Why? Good mysteries |
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