MOSER Leader AX – authentic bike of Zenon JASKULA (Team JOLLY Componibili 1994) – SOLD

Francesco Moser, born 19 June 1951 in Palù di Giovo, Trentino, nicknamed “Lo sceriffo” (The sheriff), is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He was dominant from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s and won the 1984 Giro d’Italia, the 1977 world road racing championship and six times in three of the five classics. He turned professional in 1973, showing a stylish pedaling style. But his powerful build meant he wasn’t a gifted climber. His 273 road victories puts him behind Eddy Merckx (525) and Rik Van Looy (379), but ahead of Rik Van Steenbergen (270) and Roger De Vlaeminck (255).

After his carrer Francesco Moser began building racing bikes, as did many Italian bicycle racers, in his small workshop in Trento, Italy. Moser’s frames are unique among Italian racing bicycles for being fillet brazed using silver solder rather than using lugs with brass brazing (silver solder never gets hot enough to weaken the tubing and thus bicycles constructed in this manner do not need to be reinforced with lugs, thus reducing the bicycle’s weight). After brazing, each frame is hand filed and aligned on a digital alignment table. The smooth lines resulting from the lack of lugs are emphasized with a unicrown fork and an integrated seatpost, attached by an expander bolt in a manner similar to the handlebar stem.

Zenon Jaskuła (born 4 June 1962) is a Polish former professional racing cyclist from Śrem, who was active in the 1990s. In 1991 he raced for Del Tongo MG, in 1992-93 for GB-MG Maglificio, in 1994 for Jolly Componibili. He won stage 16 and finished third overall in the 1993 Tour de France. He competed in the team time trial at the 1988 Summer Olympics winning a silver medal.

Zenon Jaskula at the Giro 1994

Here we offering an authentic racing bike of Polish rider Zenon Jaskula, the Moser Leader AX. The superb frame is made of quality ORIA FSB (fillet silver brazed) tubing, which main tube end on one side is horizontal ellipse shape and the other side is vertical ellipse shape tube. The frame is definetly stiffer than other frames from this era and is built with top of the line Shimano Dura Ace 7400/7402 groupset, Mavic Cosmic 1st gen wheels, ITM stem and handlebar, Selle Italia Turbomatic saddle.

Nice catch for any vintage bike collector.

Size:

– top tube (c-c): 59.5 cm

– seat tube: 62.5 cm

– headtube: 17.5 cm

– standover: 83 cm

Frame & Fork: MOSER Leader AX for Zenon Jaskula (marked with JAS 1193 – made in November ’93)

Wheelset: Mavic Cosmic 1st gen

Crankset: Shimano Dura Ace 7402 (53/39)

Bottom bracket: Shimano Dura Ace 7402

Front Derailleur: Shimano Dura Ace 7402

Rear Derailleur: Shimano Dura Ace 7402

Headset: Shimano Dura Ace 7400

Brake levers: Shimano Dura Ace 7402

Brakes: Shimano Dura Ace 7400

Stem: ITM

Handlebar: ITM

Seatpost: Moser integrated system

Seat: Selle Italia Turbomatic

Condition: Used, but good condition. Original paint. Some signs of normal use. No cracks, no dents, not bent. Groupset and other components are in good condition.

Year: 1994

Price: SOLD (September 2023)