F.Moser Forma

I’m going to try to make this my last purchase of a complete bike this year I think it’s a 1994 model, hard to track down info on these.

I thought this was worth a bid and won it, either got it cheap or there’s no love for some Moser’s.
This Moser has Oria chromoly tubing, Veloce 9 speed group set apart from the 105 brakes, it’s lost its original stem and seat post at some point. I’m not sure if the CXP rims were spec or not. It came with a blue and white Vuelta Kolor saddle which has already been swapped out for a Turbo, the Kolor might go back on. The Michelin tyres were perishing, so the Schwalbe Blizzard Sport’s were fitted as a temporary fix, they were takes off’s from my Cadex.
A Cinelli XA stem has been bought today, that will look loads better with the Criterium bars it has. The seat post has been cut down so I will replace that in time. A new chain will be needed too. The non drive side rear dropout slot had been closed up a little, probably in transit. So I had to gently persuade it back into shape to accept the rear wheel. The chrome is lovely and obviously the paint has some marks and chips but nothing I can’t live with. White bar tape will be fitted when the stem arrives. The white early Look pedals seem fine so will stay in place for now.

Correction, there seems to be a mix of Campagnolo components. Still trying to work out what’s what

That looks like a worthy project to me.

vtwinvince said:

That looks like a worthy project to me.

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I agree that it’s worthy. It has given me some grief though. As well as the tweaked dropout, I had to source a replacement rear derailleur, the tab on the jockey wheel plate that locks on the stop on the body and maintains the spring tension snapped on me. The replacement didn’t have a cable adjuster and the one on the bike had snapped off in the body. So I ordered one of those. The replacement arrived today and the cable adjuster had snapped off in the body. Luckily I managed to get it out by using a pointed mini file inserted into the hollow of the snapped section, it had enough grip to get the job done. Phew!
The front derailleur didn’t look like Campagnolo, after a closer look it is a Shimano 105, so I bought a Chorus/Athena to use. That hasn’t arrived yet.
The stem did turn up today, the bars had been cleaned ready to slip into the stem. When that was done I had to switch the brake cables as they were set up European style. Most of the cables were frayed and some of the outers had seen better days. I had a white cable set sitting about, so I changed the lot. It took a bit of time getting the cable routing I was happy with, not much choice really, so I went with the cleanest looking route from where the cables exit the levers. I think it looks better for the white cables, others might disagree.
The Shimano calipers came off after the replacements hit the doormat. Campagnolo Veloce, used but clean.
The last job this evening was to wrap the bars. I still need to fit the chain and set the gears up when I have the patience.
That’s it so far, I’ll share some pics when everything is done

As you know, some builds go snickety-snick, others fight you all the way. Looks like progress.