I have for sale a lightly used 53 x 54 c-c Eddy Merckx Team SC Scandium frameset, including integrated Campy Record Headset and a Merckx full carbon fork (including carbon steerer tube). This frameset also has carbon fiber chainstays.
Included with the frameset is a Campagnolo Chorus carbon seatpost ($100 value) and the front derailleur clamp (a $15 value).
I built this up with Campy Chorus 10 and American Classic 350 wheels. It came in at under 16 pounds complete with pedals. Not bad! Mechanically it is a 9.9. Cosmetically it is about a 9. It would be a 10 cosmetically were it not for a few chips in the paint. This frameset retails for $2,600.00 new, you will be getting this slightly used (under 2500 miles) frameset for a fraction of retail. This is one fast, smooth and comfortable ride!
The geometry is (c-c):
Seat Tube: 53
Top Tube: 54
There are no weight limitations
This is what a ‘Competitive’ website has to say about this frameset:
“ The Team SC immediately became the signature frameset for Eddy Merckx upon its introduction way back in 2001. It features a main frame of breathtakingly light Easton SC7000 Scandium metal matrix tubing for superb shock absorption. It weighs in at less than 2.5 pounds. Scandium is well known for being the most forgiving aluminum alloy ever manufactured. Merckx makes it even more magical (and durable) by oversizing the tubes to impressive diameters. This combination of a shock-absorbing alloy with hefty tubing diameters makes the SC a wonder to ride.
You might recall the dominance of Peter van Petegem when he won both the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix on his Lotto-Domo Team SC in an 8-day span in 2003 -- the first time in 23 years anyone has accomplished such a double. Johan Museeuw crushed the field in his solo breakaway victory in 2002 at Paris-Roubaix on his Team Domo-edition Team SC. It punctuated two huge landmarks in 2001 for the Team SC -- the 1-2-3 finish for Team Domo in the 2001 Paris-Roubaix, and the legendary performance of Team Domo's Richard Virenque in the Paris-Tours World Cup race in October, 2001. He was victorious in a 243km breakaway, in what was essentially a 7-hour time trial. The Team SC has more a race pedigree than any other frame we sell, irrespective of brand. If you want a frame that symbolizes the beauty and the romance of top-flight Euro-dog road racing, the Team SC is for you.
The Team SC has been our single best-selling aluminum alloy frame for the last three years. Why? Rather than waxing poetic myself, let me quote the former World Champion, Hour Record holder, and wearer of the Maillot Jaune Chris Boardman. In his capacity as test pilot for Pro Cycling magazine, he reviewed the Team SC in their September 2003 issue and wrote...
"....its overall robustness leads me to suspect it will last longer than its rider. It could probably survive a nuclear blast, or the non-fission equivalent, Paris-Roubaix..... The handling was as good as any bike I have ridden, perfectly neutral, and even sitting up to put a cape over the top of the climb at low speeds was no problem. On the descent the handling continued to be near-perfect, bringing back memories of my first pro bike with GAN, another Merckx, which also handled like this one. I was perfectly in control on the most taxing Alpine descent and would have been happy to ride this bike across the roughest of cobbled roads (which I suspect was its intended target terrain). The substantial design also gave a solid feel with little in the way of flex evident. The bike didn't feel as if it would bounce over rough ground, rather it would plough through it!"
When comparing the Team SC to other bikes, take a good long look at the tubesets of the bikes you're comparing it to. The Merckx is made from a Scandium alloy, as indicated by its SC7000 tubing designation. We often get requests to compare the ride of the Team SC to bikes made from Dedacciai SC61.10a tubing. People look at the "SC" there and assume that Dedacciai is manufacturing Scandium tubesets not unlike Easton's. In fact, SC61.10a is not Scandium. Rather, it's a lightweight aluminum alloy containing not one whit of Scandium. It's a perfectly good tubeset, and we sell lots of bikes that use it. But no alloy tubing provides the same silky ride on rough roads as true Scandium. There's a difference, and you'll notice it on your first ride! “
I am asking $1250.00 (less than ½ of retail) including packing, insurance and shipping to the lower 48. For another 350 I'll include a Deda Alanera integrated bar/stem/computer mount, the stem is 110 and the bar is 42 c-c.
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