Colnago Owners / Info / Appreciation Thread

Seriously nice and such a good frame. What size is that? I miss mine....

aesthetic. Performance wise it's superior to the steel ones but nothing comes close to the looks of a set of Master tubes (especially the later ones with larger diameter).

ok , each to there own ay ?

Agree, I also had one and it was a nice ride but I sold it on since I wanted the Record Group for another Project and the Looks just didn't do it for me. In my case it was also due to the paint scheme, the Rabo & Mapei Dreams are rad.

I am the only one who likes the paint scheme? ;-)

It's your bike so that's ok, no? :-)

I like the build outcome , but must confess biased toward team decor frames, having 2 ,
there was a nice Mapei lux dream with Cinelli intergralter bars in bars the last couple of weeks at fair money, owner would not post and setting out just to grab was inificient as would make bike overvalued

I'd be mad if I didn't like it, no?

It really looks even better in the flesh (IMO) ;-)

The Mapai frames are nice, the Lampre frames are worth selling a kidney for

Very nice , i would quite like a dream & think the modern campag groupset looks great on it too

Your bike looks magnificent as it stands, the comment about me not liking the dream paintjob referred to the black/yellow dream that I owned :)

Yes , I bet the colours stand out nicely in the sun
Went out on my sunny weather master for a 70mile club run on the weekend loved it !

Thanks for the kind comments guys!

I love the detailing of the paint, it's so crazy it's cool.

my dream was more safety-oriented with two hands on the steering

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I think my guy is waving his hand in anger to an irate car driver that cut him up..... :-)

I'd like to see a full bike shot if possible?

whilst yelling: Che cazzo vuoi...

I bought it like that (without the pedals) and drove it for a while but never gave it the proper build it would have deserved since I mainly bought it as a donor for the parts. Excuse the shit photo can't find a better one atm.
It must have been one of the very first ones since it still had dt shifter bosses. Also i've never seen another one in that colour scheme and it's the obly one I know of with a polished aluminium chain stay. Even our forum expert saarf couldn't tell me much about it. I bought it from a former olympic athlete (who competed in a non-cycling discipline) and he told me that the first owner was former uci track cyclist roman hermann. Might have been a custom paint job, dunno. But i didn't like the matte soft paint very much.

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Lovely looking bike and awesome story to-boot!

Maybe I should have posted my question (https://www.lfgss.com/comments/13177020/) here.

someone had an esa pista on the forum , (think @Thrust ) they may be able to help

very kind, but i am still learning

I do like the dreams, @blacklisted you've done a great build there. Many £££'s tastefully spent. It looks very balanced.

I bought an Orbea Euskaltel '03 Team Bike recently as a future donor for the right Dream frame when it comes along. Ideally a Rabo or a Mapei. It's got pretty much all I need, Dura 7700, Ksyrium SL SSC 1st gen wheels and nice finishing bits. Would be a shame to break it but I doubt it'll be too soon that the right frame rears it's head.

Meanwhile a new addition recently acquired. C40 MK4 probably 2002/3. It all seems pretty original, 1st gen '02 Campag Record Carbon Group (with the Carbon Chainset Option), Cinelli Ram MK1 bars (Not sure I'd like them but they're growing on me) and Ksyrium 1st Gen SL SSC's.

Took this photo the day I picked it up on the quick so excuse protruding brake lever. There was a creaking from what I thought was the bottom bracket but after swapping it out for another the creak was still there. Worst fear was the Titanium insert in the BB shell was loose but it turns out it was the NDS Crank arm. Since replaced it which ended up costing me nearly a quarter of what the whole bike cost but that's only my own impatient nature to blame.

Few changes to the setup from the previous owner, swapped brake lever orientation and moved the levers up the bars a bit more. The 1st gen RAM bars had the cable holes set quite low so it's not possible to get much higher than in the photo, the later bars had entry holes a bit higher up the bars.

It's a lovely bike to ride, hills are my thing, I love a steep challenge and there's little flex to the frame under load, it gives the feel of awesome power transfer.

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I vote black bartape, saddle and tires to calm down the Overall appearance.

A few little changes to the Master too, got a 7400 BB for it to complete the groupset and some new ‘old’ gumwall tyres with a blue band. Wasn’t sure they’d make it look too fussy but I’m happy with them.