Somec frames are made in Italy. My recollections of them are of a very nicely finished frame, and I have seen photos of them under pro teams.
Their e-mail address is somec@leonidaniele.it . Their website is http://www.somec.com . You should be able to contact them with the serial # and find out year, model, tubing, etc....
Pricing would be comparable to whatever the market is bearing in your area for a quality used italian racing bike with appropriate value adjustments for condition of the bike.
Donald Dunstan
Winters, Tx
> This is a bit of an odd frame. There is no indication what tubing was
used,
> there is no sign that it was ever repainted, but it has Bridgestone
graphics
> all over it. When I got it was completely out fitted with top of the line
> Dura-Ace components throughout, and set up as a time trial bike. I will
try
> to get some pictures, but it has a red head tube and lugs, with a black
top
> tube, with the balance of the bike being silver grey including the fork,
and
> having a chrome right chainstay and the lug piercings and carving accented
> in red to match the head tube.
>
> P. Lynn Miller
> Sydney, Australia
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Bender-Zanoni" <joebz@optonline.net>
> To: "P. Lynn Miller" <lynnmiller@optusnet.com.au>
> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 12:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [CR]Somec Frameset
>
>
> > These are pretty good frames. In the US, in very nice condition, about
> $250
> > would be a good price for a seller. It might go for $100 at a swap meet
to
> > just get rid of it.
> >
> > Joe
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "P. Lynn Miller" <lynnmiller@optusnet.com.au>
> > To: "Classic Rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 2:35 AM
> > Subject: [CR]Somec Frameset
> >
> >
> > > Good day, Gentlemen,
> > >
> > > I have a Somec frameset, frame, headset, and fork, that I got with a
> group
> > of bikes that I bought. I was hoping it would fit me, but is just a
little
> > too big. I showed to a friend, who wants to buy it from me. Since I got
> this
> > in a deal with other bikes, I am not sure what it is worth. No, it is
not
> > for sale to anyone on the list and I am not taking offers to sell to
> anyone
> > on the list. It is already spoken for.
> > >
> > > It is a road bike frame in very good shape, probably from the late
80's
> or
> > early 90's. I would like an honest assessment, and then I can tell him
> what
> > it would roughly sell for on the open market and then give him a healthy
> > break.
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > >
> > > P. Lynn Miller
> > > Sydney, Australia