Colnago Owners / Info / Appreciation Thread

there a at least 4 big hoards of bike treasure in NL

finally got the master mtb back in town

the super pui is done, but i will change saddle for a cinelli volare i have

and I got the chorus seat post for the mk 1 c40, just needs a stem bolt cap and bar wrap

That C40 sure looks sweet, almost master-ish in appearance. Stem and seatpost have made a huge difference. Herman would be proud!

Don't post up pictures of the master mtb too soon. You'll throw @WimVDD in a dilemna as to whether he should sell his or not

Don't think so, @JusCos as Saarf's one is a steel Master (I guess). A steel one would never go.

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yes mate .,it's steel,
did you see the lampre alu master mtb on marktplaats?

thanks!

Look what's rejoined the Ludd fleet recently!

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good shot!

got to collect this , an oval cx gentleman

looks like this clean

that chainguard!

i'm thinking of restoring to original state, so I'd like to try and find a similar one and mudguards
was originally posted from an ebay listing in anti porn, I took a lucky punt
et voila!

chain guard seems to be perched on top of fd braze on and on the mudguard mount

Was interested in this discussion of "why?" - I don't like buying/having stuff I'm not going to use (just generally), so a bike has to have a purpose. In this case, I wanted to assemble something like an Italian classic for L'Eroica. I'm sure, as you said, their value has gone through the roof, and it was naive (and also mainstream/unimaginative) to pick a Colnago Super, but that's what I hit on.

I didn't take a good enough photo of it when I built it, thought I might get one in beautiful Tuscan surroundings on the day, but it rained all morning. So you can see it afterwards, encrusted with mud. It had yellow tape, straps, and cables to match the lug cutouts, but that seemed to border on clever-clever-matchy-matchy, so since the tape was ruined and I had to strip it right down to clean everything, I rebuilt with more subdued cables and straps and some totally exuburant Benotto tape that came with my L'Eroica death shoes.

Being now addicted, I'd like to find a purpose for a newer one! Perhaps I really do need a hot neo-retro road bike...

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Hmm
seems i just spelt it wrong
Heij Chroom
Hopefully the guy i spoke to still works there, I try to find out on my return at the end of month

and here another thing to conclude the mexico/super argument
this example is on the bay

crimped stays, no crimp on tt or dt,hollow, stamped stay caps indicate 79-83 super

That's a bit out of my comfort zone but I do appreciate it.
Mind you if you'd said to me 6/7 years ago that I'd have a room full of old steel bikes I'd have laughed in your face so never say never.

is out of mine tbf, but was really quite cheap, and I just sold the blue mexico to someone in Bangkok, so it's a sideways move that when finished could yield more than a complete mexico

I do very much share your view that bikes are made to be ridden but time constraints and lousy weather do not afford me the luxury of riding them whilst still trying to preserve their condition so there still lives a collection of 'Sunday Rides'.

Now if I were allowed to keep real dirt indoors then I would hanker for my own little collection of mud caked bikes which would each tell a story however perhaps not as romantic sounding as your Tuscany ride. I think Ernesto having reached elite status is allowed to keep Paris Roubaix mud in his museum where I sadly am not the boss at home.

I do love the Super cleaned and preened in the second picture but the story the first picture tells floats my boat just that little bit more.

Ah yes the road trip is often as appealing as the destination.

This is for sale at the moment - I spotted on Facebook:

bit of a lag (been off doing real life stuff), but

you have more to add?

picked it up

would love a c35,only thing is the gold, just misses

'Argument' It's not often I see that spelt correctly nowadays.
Goes to prove Colnago owners are indeed orthography gangsters!