MOSER Leader S.C. Profile, Shimano Dura Ace 7402, 56cm (late 1980s)

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.

Here we offering another beautiful Italian racing machine  – MOSER Leader Squad Corse.  Superb framest is made of superb profiled ORIA FSB (fillet silver brazed), which makes the framedefinetly stiffer than other frames from this era. Build with top of the line Shimano Dura Ace 7402 groupset, 3ttt Moser stem and handlebar, NiSi HR22 wheels, Look pedals. Ready for serious riding. Very similar bike was used by Gianni Bugno (Chateau d’Ax), when he won Milan – San Remo 1990.

Superb vintage bike for a fair price.

Frame & Fork: MOSER Leader S.C. Profile

Size:

– seat tube (c-t): 60 cm

– seat tube (c-c): 56 cm

– top tube (c-c): 56 cm

– headset tube: 13 cm

– standover: 79.5 cm

Crankset: Shimano Dura Ace 7402

Bottom bracket: Shimano Dura Ace 7402

Front Derailleur: Shimano Dura Ace 7402

Rear Derailleur: Shimano Dura Ace 7402

Levers: Shimano Dura Ace 7402

Brakes: Shimano Dura Ace 7400

Stem: 3ttt Moser

Handlebar: 3ttt

Hubs: Shimano Dura Ace 7402

Rims: NiSi HR22

Seatpost: Moser 51.151

Pedals: LOOK

Tires: Michelin, original

Condition: Used, but very good condition. Original paint. Low mileage. Some signs of normal use. All parts are working fine.

Era: late 1980s

Price: 1499€ (was 2199€)