[CR]'54 Urago track bike...advice sought

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From: Tom Sanders <tsan7759142@comcast.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 17:07:01 -0500
Subject: [CR]'54 Urago track bike...advice sought

Just got a call from a good buddy who says he is holding a '54 Urago track bike for me to look at. Blizzard conditions here (8-10" of new snow and I must go out of town tomorrow, so I won't be able to see this for a couple of days). He says it is red with chrome lugs, has Campy track hubs ("before they were called Campy"...this sounds strange to me, but the guy knows a lot about bikes), adjustable Cinelli track stem, Cinelli track bars, and some sort of Mavic track headset that he says screws down to tighten it up. Lots of stuff I don't understand here. He is selling it for a gentleman in his '80s who is the original owner. Starting asking price is $300. Doesn't seem to me like I could go too far wrong, but it is way outside my area of familiarity. I could sure use some advice from anyone more familiar with such things.
Thanks to all,
Tom Sanders
Lansing, Mi