Another "out of the blue" referral and phone call from someone wanting to sell an old guy's bike, this time from the relatives of the old guy (a PhD), instead of the rider himself.

A 1960's bike always sparks my interest, so I went by bike to look at it before asking any detail questions. A repainted and fully functional bike awaited, with an interesting batch of parts transplanted over the years by a veteran of the Death Ride, who it seems is at an age where the family is perhaps making all decisions for him.

I'm told it's from 1965 iir, but I have yet to pull a hub locknut. It has the old-style clamp where the 27.0 seatpost enters the frame, long chainstays and lugs and crown suggesting a likely mid-60's birth date.

From what I understand, this brand IDEOR was from the same region as Atala and a few others that I can't remember. Geometry seems strange, 75-degree seat tube and 72.5-degree headtube, which gave me a bit of "steering heave" as I climbed while off of the saddle holding onto the 40cm bar and 10cm stem, a typical case of slack headtube angle combined with period modest-width bars and generous length stem (for this vintage).
Sized at 55.5cm C-C square, feels small for me but I may try a wider bar and taller stem just to see what happens.

Anyway, here in it's repainted glory (not sure if it looked anything like this when new as I am personally unfamiliar with the brand).