ALAN COMPETIZIONE VINTAGE ROAD RACE FRAME
Up for auction is this lovely superb and very rare early hand built Alan Competizione Road Race Frame from the early 1970s; probably 1972 or 1973. It is finished in an elegant anodised silver with all the ALAN decals and comes complete with a very smooth alloy headset. This is the rare early version with triangle cutouts of the rear dropouts; most have a circular cutout.
In 1972,
ALAN was the first company to introduce an all aluminium frameset made
from aerospace grade aluminum. Just a few years later in 1976, ALAN was
again first in developing and manufacturing a production carbon frame made
by bonding Torayca carbon fibre composite tubing to cast aluminium lugs; a
process still widely used today by many manufacturers.
This is
one of the most iconic frames alongside the Vitus 979, a true classic of
cyclosport history which was revolutionary for its time which is highly prized
by collectors today. The Alan was among the first wave of aluminium-framed
bikes and designed for road race, cyclo-cross and sprint. It was superior
and superseded steel frames such as Columbus SLX
or Reynolds 753 in the pro peleton.Over the years ALAN's expertise
in frame building, and its reputation for quality led to ALAN frames being
ridden to 20 World Cyclo cross Championships, 5 World Track Title
Championships, numerous classics wins, as well as stage wins in the Tour de
France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a Espana
In terms of condition it is very good with marks and some scrapes commensurate
wth age and use. There are no cracks etc., and all the bonds are good. The
decals are in superb condition. It has been reasonably well-looked after and
preserved.
This lovely frame would make a superb basis for a brilliant lightweight retro
build with either a top flight Campagnolo, Simplex or Shimano groupset and
Mavic wheels!
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