This is a Windsor Professional, circa 1971. Windsor Pros were manufactured in Mexico and were essentially copies of the famous Cinelli design with fastback seat stays. The Professional was the top of the line and came with a full Campy Nuovo Record group. This bike is a very early model, serial number 175, and came equipped with Universal 68 brakes, and also Cinelli 1A stem and Giro d' Italia handlebars. Many pro racers were successful on Windsors in the early 1970's.
I purchased mine at Bicicletas Zapopan in Guadalajara. It was summer 1972. My model number is 394.
ReplyDeleteI have a frameset professional needs restoration which it will receive probably not factory original 3ttt quill & 3ttt bars campagnolo record calipers and all campagnolo except seatpost wheelset is early record hubs mavic rims
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ReplyDeleteI just rescued 481 from being scrap metal. It needs total restoration, missing wheels, many part substitutions. A curious detail is the Campagnolo chainring, which is different from all others I've seen on Windsors. It has 3 divisions instead of the five so it is a lighter weight chainring. The cranks are the same.
ReplyDeleteDo you know the crank spindle length? #481 has a worn out substitution spindle that is 17.5 mm, which I suspect is incorrect. Restoration is proceeding well.
ReplyDeleteI have Windsor Pro s/n 260 that I purchased new in Oct. 1972 at Wheelsport in Bellevue, WA. It was silver in color when new and had full Campy Nuovo Record components (except for Universal brakes), and Fiame red label tubular rims. Over the years it has gone through several evolutions including full braze-on fittings and repaint in silver Imron all by R&E Cycles in Seattle. The bike currently retains only the original Campy NR headset. All other components have been replaced due to wear or simply my desire to upgrade. The bike now sports Campy circa 1994/95 components including Ergopower shifters/levers, and clinchers in place of tubulars.
ReplyDeleteI last measured Windsor Profesional (yes, one S on the headtube badge) s/n 260 (likely built very early 1972) in 1994. The most striking thing is the short top tube which I partially mitigated by using a longer stem, either a 135 or 140 depending on what I had/have at the time. Here are the measurements: ST(C-C) 61, ST(C-Top) 63, TT(C-C) 57, HT/ST angle 75.3, CS length 43, BB drop 7, Fork Rake 6.4, Wheelbase 104. It would be interresting to know if all examples continued with the short TT or if ACER-MEX changed the geometry on later production frames.
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