Colnago Owners / Info / Appreciation Thread

lookin'forward to it!

Cheers. I'm a 25c kinda guy, so would like to run them, if I could.

Would anyone like to offer a comparison of the ride qualities between C40 and Master?

master arguably one of stiffest steel roadbikes, i have mk 1 and mk 2,responsive ride, can tuck into a comfortable position over longer distances, mk2 (post 96) has bigger tubes and feels stiffer,bike can seem it's on auto pilot providing you have a strong enough engine, documented evidence of pro wins in this frames history, as with later c40, no really experience of early c40, only b stay c40, which frame wise is smaller than master in my size, very good ride, responsive and stiff, one of wiggo's all time favs also

Already been in cp but may as well stick this in here

ugly duckling

These are my 3 Colnago's

A 1991 Master in Ceramiche Ariostea teamcolours.
A 1998 Master Extra Light "Freuler"-geometry (in teamcolours of a smaller Belgian professional team) – currently being rechromed
A 1998 Master Extra Light, built up with some "modern" stuff.

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nice ...
I like the colour of the extra light frame.

Thanks. I suppose you mean the green one?

yes very nice , looks my size too

It's a 56 cm. Originally it came with a steel precisa fork and a mixture of parts. I sold my Cannondale CAAD 10 and as I ride cyclosportive "races" (last year the GF Giordana, this year it will be the Fausto Coppi), I putted lighter stuff on it (including the Flash carbon fork).

Here's the original setup with steel Precisa fork:

Looks nice with the steel fork , did you weigh the flash to see the difference ? I find the steel fork comfiest & modern groupsets work well on the master

Here's my two.

First is a Master in AD10 with Dura Ace 7400 Series Components

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And 2nd another Master with Campag Record/Chorus Mix

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Not yet. It's the one withe the aluminium steerer so according to what I've found on te internet, it should be about 200 g lighter. I will weigh them as soon I have better scales.

Nice bikes, JusCos

How did you get the parts so shiny? Or were the unused?

Thank you. Mostly the parts were used but every bottle of T-Cut I used was definitely new. Now I kinda wished they weren't so shiny so I'd ride them more.

One of my Masters , just cleaned in the kitchen

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my master x lite - looks better in the flesh - but they all do

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Nice!

nice paint, great colour mix, maybe loose the huge loop at the rear mech ?

Lowering the tone a tad… My C96 beater has recently gone from single-speed back to gears.

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Like those frames ... Nice

Here is my Colnago Master Olympic circa 1993.

It has a dropped top tube otherwise known as 'Freuler' geometry which was termed after Urs Freuler a Swiss cyclist on the Atala team during the 1980s who had his frames constructed in this way. It is a true 'Freuler' because both the seat and head tubes extend upwards past the normal junction with the top tube.

The seat tube is 59 c-c and the head tube is 19cm which is consistent with my usual 61 x 59 x 19 however the junction between seat and top tube is 58 c-c.

The thinking behind this approach is to give frames over about 60cm improved stiffness in the main triangle.

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strong thread!

Nice bike! The one I'm restorating has this Freuler-geometry too.