Roy Simonson Custom Track Frame 56c/c

Roy Simonson Pursuit Track Frame. Custom made. 56 cm. Dura Ace headset. This is a 1989 Simonson Track frame I am selling for a friend. He can no longer ride the track in CO. His Dad knew Roy and Roy was making frames for Jeannie Longo back then so my pal got one also. A pursuit frame so the top tube slopes downward. See the photo of axles even height. Fillet brazed. Heavier Tange Prestige Track tubing, oversized top tube and down tube. Heavier gauge tubing for track use. Normal track fork with round fork blades, also Tange. The Dura Ace headset is in perfect condition with no damage to fork crown race etc. Frame correctly prepped with Campy tools. My pal won 1 CO state championship on this bike. Takes 700c normal track wheel. 120 rear, 100 front axles. Normal 1" fork and headset. Normal 27.2 seatpost. See photos and ask questions if you need any clarifications. English BB threads, 68mm shell. Not drilled for brakes so no road use with this beast. Normal few paint chips from age and hanging in garages. No dents, no crashes. Normal wear is all. Plenty of room for 700x25c tires. Rear has room for 700x28 if you use right combo of rim/tire to get most narrow shape to tire. Bar and stem he used are included. See measure photo for top tube slope info. $445 plus shipping via Bike Flights. The frame measurements are:::: 56c/c seat tube 58.5c/c top tube 110 head tube is 170 total with headset/spacers 40c/c chainstays 96.5cm wheelbase Aero seatstays are Columbus tubing 57.75cm front center 35.5cm axle to crown 32mm downtube OD 29mm toptube OD 33mm seatube ovalized at BB shell Pro R&D Bike   717-961-0927    is blue sticker on Dt at Ht Will include bar/stem if I can find them in garage!! Info provided by my friend and his UCI Father who knew Roy: IF you Google Roy Simonson, there’s actually several articles about him that come up. The main one’s called “The Nonchalant Brilliance of Roy Simonson” and I guess he invented “the first cable-based circuit equipment” called FreeMotion Fitness in 1999 and was largely responsible for dethroning Nautilus from the top of the exercise equipment industry. He and his brother started a company when they were very young (early 20’s) and sold it to Cybex after only 4 years. Quite the big name in the fitness equipment biz. The frame was made in 1988, out of Tange Prestige tubing (except the seat stays, which are Columbus Aero). All fillet brazed as I recall. Roy was located in Wyoming at the time. He was in Colorado Springs for Veterans Nationals (1987?) and he had made himself a really fancy funny bike for the Kilo. After Nationals concluded, he sold the frame to a local guy, who was using it at the velodrome at the same time Jeannie Longo was there (prepping for an Hour Record attempt, as I recall). Her husband, Patrice Ciprelli, noticed the bike and asked the guy about it. Patrice was very impressed with it and asked the guy if he could try it out, which he did. One quick ride was all it took, and he was showing it to Jeannie and my Dad. They got Roy’s number, called him and asked if he’d like to make a bike for Jeannie. Dimensions were specified, a price was quickly negotiated (I think Dad may have pitched in on one or more of these- he and Jeannie were that tight. She used to refer to him as her “American father” sometimes…even to the French press) and after a couple of weeks or so, she had a new pursuit bike. I believe she set two hour records and at least one World Pursuit Championship on that first bike. She liked it so much that she talked the French Women’s National Pursuit Team into ordering a set of frames. I only won the one State Championship on this orange one in 1989