F. Moser Va Por La Hora Time Trial Bike

In Mexico City in 1984, Italian cycling superstar Francesco Moser ventured an attempt at the prestigious world hour record.
Eddy Merckx had set it in 1972 and it had been unbroken ever since.

To achieve his goal, "lo sceriffo", the Sheriff, took a different approach than Merckx did 12 years before.
Merckx rode on a bike with a classic geometry and drop bars, which was lightened to the maximum you could risk for such an enormous power output.

Moser thought differently, he tried to ride as aerodynamical as possible. This involved special clothing and a very special bike. It was not precisely lightweight but the frame forced The rider's body into an aerodynamic position. The machine rolled on disc wheels and featured a bull horn handle bar.
His aerodynamic improvements earned Francesco Moser the eagerly anticipated record, which he was able to raise in a second attempt to 51151 meters!

The bike that played such a big part in this triumph became the iconic paragon for all time trial and pursuit bikes of the following years.
Everybody rode with bullhorn bars, low profile frames, small front wheels, disc wheels.
Some riders longed so much for Moser's actual bike, that they finally got the Moser manufacture to produce them as their top model. But since the price for such a frame was extremely high, there were not many made.

So we are happy to present to you one of these gems: A 1980s F. Moser 51.151 Va Por La Hora.
The bike was named after the cheer of encouragement which the speaker of Mexico's track used to shout during the attempt of 1984.

Our exemplar is in good condition, sporting a C-Record groupset, including a rare set of pedals, delta brakes, Moser branded cockpit and - of course - a set of disc wheels!

If you are looking for an authentic 1980s TT-bike, there is not much which could be more interesting than this one.