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Vintage L'Eroica Early 80's SR Pro Racing Dura-Ace - $440 (lafayette / orinda / moraga)
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Pristine Original Build
No Rust
Pictures reveal grease and dust grime build up from sitting in a garage for 40+ years
Color: Deep Sea Blue
Size: 57cm (both seat tube and top tube measure 57cm c2c)
Brazed Downtube Shifter Mounts
Brazed Downtube Bottle Cage Mounts
No Rackmounts; this frameset was designed for "racing" w/ top tier Dura Ace components.
Fully Lugged Frameset
Tubeset: Tange Champion No.2
Tange Champion No.2 is/was cold-worked, butted (.9/.6/.9mm) chrome-moly and was Tange's 2nd best tubing at the time, on par with Columbus SL tubing which was also cold-worked, butted .9/.6/.9mm.
The bike probably has more years in garage storage than miles ridden, it is basically new old stock.
The 52t chainring appears brand new and of the few miles the bike was ever ridden was in the small 42t chainring.
There are a few minor paint blemishes from being moved around in the garage over its 40+ years of storage, etc..
Dura-Ace EX Groupo:
Brake Calipers
Brake Levers
Downtube "Friction" Shifters (braze on)
Front Mech
Rear Mech
36 Hole Small Flange QR F&R Hubs
Gold UG 6 speed 13-21 Cassette
170cm Crankset (52/42)
Bottom Bracket
Rims: 700c 36 Hole Mavic Module E2 Clincher laced 3x
Tires: Likely Original Gumwall Specialized Ultralight 700x25 (although tread looks new, sidewalls are deteriorated and need replacement)
Pedals: KKT Pro-Ace Road Lite Alloy w/ original KKT Toe Clips and Leather Straps
Headset: Tange Ritzy light alloy
Seat Post: Sakae Ringyo "Laprade" light alloy
Stem: 95mm Sakae Ringyo "Royal II" light alloy
Bars: Sakae Ringyo "World Custom" 38-39cm light alloy
Bartape: Blue Cloth With Matching Blue Cat-Eye Model 300 Japan Barend Plugs
Saddle: Advocet Touring 1
Chain: Sedis
Cables: Appear Brand New
Cable Housing: Matching Blue Brake Cable Housing
Bottle Cage: Jim Blackburn USA
Bottle: Specialized branded "Diablo Bike of Walnut Creek"
The wheels spin smooth and are straight and true as new.
The "Pro Racing" model was the top-of-the-line Road offering from the Southern California brand "SR" (not to be mistaken or confused with the Japanese Brand Sakae Ringyo, also known as SR).
SR was a division of Windsor Enterprises (known for their Mexican built bike brand Windsor). They imported high-quality SR framesets to their specifications which were made-to-order in Japan during the late 70's thru the early 80's. Though it is unknown who made this specific frame, it is known SR contracted its frameset manufacturing with Miyata and a couple/few other respected Japanese bicycle manufacturers of the era.
Original owner's manual and model catalog included.
$440 firm, cash in hand.
JP, Japanese, Miyata, Nishiki, Azuka, Araya, Shogun, Sekai, Takara, Panasonic, Fuji, Centurion, Univega, Bridgestone, Lugged, Brazed, Dura Ace, Sakae Ringyo