For Sale: MONTELATICI FRAME
In 2002, one of our members, Matteo Brandi, found a group of 14 never
ridden, never built-up, never even painted (!) frames in the back room of a
bike
shop in Firenze, Italy. The owner, Vasco Montelatici, stated that the fram
es
were created to his specs, years earlier, by his old friend Cino Cinelli (i
n
Cino\u2019s shop); Vasco provided frames/bikes to his racing team. The
vintage of
these frames looked to be early to mid 1970?s.
I purchased one of these and had it painted by Ed Litton (Port Richmond,
Ca.). I believe mine to be ~1974 vintage. In keeping with the vintage, I a
sked
Ed to paint it white with red and to chrome the drop-out faces as well as
fork crown. I chipped the rear right drop-out paint which was touched up.
The
frame looks great, and there will be touch-up paint provided.
The frame is 54cm c-t-c seat tube with 54.5 top tube. It rides
beautifully, albeit not ridden much. The frame will come with a Record head
set and BB.
It takes long reach brake calipers (not included) with recessed bolt fit an
d
27.2 seatpost. The fit is 130 at the rear.
Price: $1,000 + $50 shipping.
Please view (and review) Montelatici in the ITALY section of Classic
Rendezvous. The first bike shown is this fine specimen. Please be sure to
read
Anne Phillips' story of the frames as well.
Les Himel
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