[CR] for sale: Stella Pro frame/fork more 54cm c-t

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From: "Charles Andrews" <chasds@mindspring.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:10:59 -0800
Subject: [CR] for sale: Stella Pro frame/fork more 54cm c-t


For sale today, nice little Stella Pro from the early 70s. 54cm c-t; 54cm c-c Picture link below.

Includes original campagnolo seatpost with lemond saddle; original steel Record headset. Sugino french-threaded bb with what may be a 70mm spindle--I haven't checked but it looks that way--also includes campagnolo bb cable-guide as shown, and campagnolo cable-stop on the chainstay, as shown. This would make a very nice fixed-gear project, what with no braze ons whatever. Also note the nice perforated bb shell.

Frame was repainted in the 70s, and original stella foil graphics applied, as shown.

This was Stella's top-of-the-line frame, to compete with the italians.

This frame is perfectly ridable, but has two issues:

1) the right-side rear drop-out needs to be straightened (it's just slightly bent inwards, no big deal); and the adjuster screw is broken off inside the drop-out. It can be be drilled out and the hole re-tapped by any competent shop or frame-builder for small money.. Or just straighten the dropout and use as-is.

2) There appears to be an ever-so-slight distortion in the usual spot on the underside of the down-tube just behind the lower head-lug-tang...but it's very slight. The previous owner rode this bike many thousands of miles in this condition, and if it was in a header at some point (the previous owner didn't know, or wasn't saying), damage was virtually nil. There is no distortion on the top-tube, nor anywhere else.

$175 shipped in CONUS. Shipping is 30 to 50 bucks...so you pay about $125-145 for frame and parts. Seatpost and headset alone are worth 30-40 bucks each on ebay routinely...so the actual frame, fork and other hardware cost you $45-65 bucks...not a bad deal. Seatpost is a 26.8. Headset and bb are french-threaded.. These Stellas were very nicely made, and this one would make a first-rate urban-assault fixed-gear.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21078245@N03/sets/72157623592896538/

Charles Andrews Los Angeles

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