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A great looking bike! I would suggest you contect https://bikerecyclery.com/ They are a few hours south of you, but your bike would no doubt be of interest to them and you might be able to come to an arrangement with them.

Is that a stopwatch on the handlebar stem?…proper old school:cool:👍

Merckx were ITA standard, a legacy of Eddy learning from De Rosa. Having said that I would agree with @Battersby , it looks very Moser to me. Whatever it is, if it is the right size and the price is right (and if “unidentified” it should be cheap), it will build up into a very nice bike.

Ohh, I had one of those back in the day and it was lots of fu: Very light (for the time) and quick but a little flexy. As others have said, change the brakes as the weinmann’s were not great. Peugeot also did a version with all Japanese kit so old Shimano exage or 105 would do the job. If you...

753 has a reputation for this due to the thinness of the tubes. No idea if this is the reality or just the internet echo chamber.

What a fantastic frame! The seat tube is 54 Centre to Centre?

For the hoods have you considered coconut oil? I tried it once on a pair with a 50% success rate. If you think they are dead it might be worth a go as there is nothing to lose. https://thevelocollective.com/restoring-brake-hoods/

Now gone to a new home!

Lovely bike! Where are you based?

I am looking for the final piece for my current build: an 80mm or 90mm mutant quill stem in silver. If you have one you don’t need please get in touch.👍

The bike has returned to its homeland and a life in the sun (with, judging by last week, occasional very heavy rain!)

Hi, sorry I was away and not checking here regularly, if you are still interested send me a pm.

The Coppi will be going to Gaiole and, one way or another, not coming back (I need the space in the bike bag to bring something else home ;)) It is now any offer considered time:)

The title says it all but here is the long version of the story. The bike was found in a hedge in Hoegaarden, Flanders (the town where they brew the “white” beer you serve with a slice of lemon). Not by me, but by a local who restores bikes, he stripped off the Matt black paint that covered...

Got one! On the large side but it is workable and the Tig welded version rather than lugged but it has the “proper fork” and horses on the top tube:cool: Still a work in progress but getting there.