The picture on Renaissance Cycles page shows Moser winning the Professional Individual Pursuit (5000m) at the 1976 World. He set his hour records in the 1980s, on his own label "Moser" frames.
What was Ole Ritter riding when he set his Hour record? Benotto, per chance?
Aldo Ross
>
> As a few listmembers know, I also have a Benotto. This one a pista frame.
> It is a metallic bronze ("Champagne" in the proper vernacular) frame with
> typical baby blue vertical \u201cBenotto\u201d decals, plus one more oval decal on
> the front of the seat tube with a stylized globe on it that says on the
> periphery, \u201cRecord Mundial de la Hora\u201d, surrounded by the five color
> ribbon of the world champion. That I take to be Moser's hour record as
> pictured in the "New Arrivals" section at Renaissance Cycles (Hi B.C.!)
The
> decals are a little \u201cclunky\u201d, kind of a heavy vinyl stock applied over the
> paint, no clear coat. Below the Hour Record decal is an ovalized diamond
> that proclaims the bike was built in Turin, Italy, \u201cfabricca biciclette
> Torino\u201d, and below (and attached to) the diamond, the name \u201cBenotto\u201d.
>
> Components:
> Frame - unknown steel alloy with chromed fork and dropouts
> Serial number - 6-0051
> Stem and bar - 3ttt pista
> Headset - Campy
> Crank - Campy 165 pista (151 mm bolt pattern), milled crank,
> no date stamp, 48t NR chainring, Campy chainring bolts
> BB - Campy bolts (black), Sakae cups(!), drive side - loose
> bearings
> off side - caged bearings, 116mm spindle of uncertain
origin
> Seat & Post - S. Marco, Concor Superleggera, w/ 26.6 (?) mm Sakae
> post
> Front hub - Campy Record High Flange, 36h, Campy axle
> Rear hub - Campy Low Flange, 36 h, 10x1 mm axle (Shimano!)
> Superbe Pro sprocket, Campy lockring
>
> The seat stays have a finial where they meet the lug that has the name
> \u201cBenotto\u201d cast into the concave surface. The fork is all chrome, with a
> flat (track) crown. The rear dropouts are chromed, but painted over.
>
> I too would love to know the origins of this frame. It turned at at the
> Northbrook Velo on the last night of the season two years back, in the
> saddest of shape. I have done the necessary maintainance to put it back
on
> the track, but I'd love to do a cosmetic restoration.
>
> Sid "Finally a nice day in Chicago, so why am I at a desk? Ah, yes......
> Penance to the Gods of Commerce" Smith