I bought this for a repeat buyer who has a pretty tight bike budget and doesn't
use computers himself (bought from me twice before through word of mouth). He
was looking for an excellent condition, nice priced 54cm road frame that will
take a 1 1/8" threadless fork. I bought it for him based on his anticipated tax
refund (you may see where this is going...had it happen to me one other time a
few years back with another fellow) but he isn't getting money back because his
wife didn't have enough money taken from her check after starting a new job
early last year. He asked if I could sell the frame to someone else, so I said
yes. I am offering it here before it goes to eBay next weekend.



This is a 2005 steel Serotta Fierte painted in what they call Arancio, but to me
is an metallic creamsicle orange. It is a 54cm in a compact geometry. The seat
tube center to center is 48cm or center to top 51cm. The actual top tube length
is 51.5cm with an effective length of 53.5cm. The bottom bracket shell is 68mm
English threaded. The head tube diameter is 1 1/8", head tube length is 151mm,
seat post diameter is 27.2mm, weight is 3lbs. 15oz, rear wheel spacing is 130mm,
wheel size accepted is 700c.



The frame is absolutely beautiful! The color is one of the favorite I have seen.
It is used, albeit very-well maintained, with just a few touch-ups and chips.
The paint that has been touched up on the seat tube where the front derailleur
clamp goes is touched up about half way around the tube going from side to side
around the back. There is a black scratch back there still showing, so I don't
know if they were trying to touch up the scratch or paint that might have been
messed up by the clamp-on derailleur. The touch up is okay, and would not be as
easy to forgive and overlook it is was on a more visible area of the frame.

There is paint worn off the inside and bottom of the dropouts from probably
wheel changes, with the other very few miscellaneous paint chips and just
regular used bike wear.

$500 shipped in Oklahoma or $475 picked up in McAlester.

Thanks,

Frank

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