[CR]SOLD! Re: 56cm Tommasini SLX Super Prestige frame, fork, Campy headset and bottom bracket

and bottom bracket

> The best riding, and looking, bikes of the many I have been fortunate enough
> to own over the years are Tommasini lugged steel framesets. The bright red
> paint and shiny chrome on this Tommasini scream fast Italian racing bike!
>
> This fire engine red Tommasini Super Prestige frame measures 56cm from the
> center of the bottom bracket to the top of the top tube with a 55.5cm top
> tube. The frame tubing is the legendary Columbus SLX steel with chromed rear
> chain stays and seat stays. The 1" threaded Tommasini AIR fork is chromed
> with Tommasini engraving in the fork crown. The Tommasini "T" is
> pantographed in the headtube lugs, brake bridge, top of the seat stays, and
> fork crown. The bike was repainted in 2000 using official Tommasini decals.
>
> The rear brake cable is routed internally through the top tube, there is a
> braze-on front derailleur tab and downtube shifter bosses, a pump peg, and
> two sets of water bottle bosses. The rear dropouts are horizontal (dropout
> screws included) and measure 127mm wide.
>
> The overall condition of the bike is very good. The paint is in good
> condition, as is the chrome. The frame and fork have been completely treated
> inside the tubes with Boeshield T-9 rust prevention spray.
>
> There are a few flaws that keep this bike from being in excellent aesthetic
> condition. There are a few small paint chips, most of which have been
> touched up, with the most noticeable being on the bottom bracket shell from
> installation of the bottom bracket. The chrome is very shiny, with only a
> very few small marks in it. There is also a quirk on this frame in that the
> top of the right seat stay is red, but the one on the other side is chromed.
> I didn't notice it at first and, in fact, it wasn't until I was looking at
> some of the pictures I took of the frame that I saw it. The original owner
> indicated he specified the repaint to be this way so he would not have to
> worry about rear brake cable housing rub on the top of the left seat stay as
> he did with the original paint job. I am not sure I would have chosen that
> method to mitigate the rub, but he did and it was his bike! Finally, the
> rear exit point for the rear brake cable housing looks to have a very tiny
> (doesn't show on pictures and you have to be looking for tiny imperfections
> like I was) flaw as if too large a ferrule was used at one time. None of
> these items affect the integrity of the bike, nor do they detract from how
> striking it is.
>
> $425 for the frame, fork, headset, and bottom bracket professionally packed,
> shipped, and insured to the lower 48 United States.
>
> Lots of pictures available for free...just ask.
>
> Frank Phillips
> McAlester, OK