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07-25-23 | 03:51 AM

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rgiro14

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Bikes: '16 La Francaise Diamant, '38 Raleigh RRA, '47 Raleigh RRA, '50 Claud Butler Avant Coureur, '65 PX10, '75 PY10, '79 Colnago Export, '82 Eddy Merckx Pro, '94 Eddy Merckx Corsa Extra Team Motorola

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Originally Posted by CyclesMakaron

This frame has a story

E3380, a beautiful Professional was built in 1981 - standard frames made of 531 tubing had an R marking and a frame size marking, in this case it should be A7R (the lack of a set of markings may indicate unusual geometry).
I saw 531SL stickers only on 2 EMC frames, the others were standard 531 (fork stickers were not used - except for team frames). Somewhere around 1994 the owner decided to "upgrade" the frame: all the old slides (BB cover and TT) were removed and replaced with new ones (TT and head lug).
Great job!

Many thanks for the great info! Since discovering the forks are Columbus, I have removed the 531SL decals from the forks and will build up with full Campagnolo Nuovo/Super record. Currently awaiting the arrival of frame #F1122 Corsa Extra Team Motorola

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