Colnago Owners / Info / Appreciation Thread

Oh and if anyone has any experience, recommendations, idea of cost etc for a repair if needed be interested to hear 👍

All gone pretty well so far, got the post out 😊

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I’d definitely get that bare aluminium on the dropouts sorted, before you know it it’ll start flaking off like dandruff.

That is a beauty

Looks beaut! Cleaned up nicely. Is there any actual damage or debonding between the ally and carbon?

Did you manage to save the post? If it's dead and you dont need it I'd be interested in the clamps as mine broke years ago.

I've got a similarly aged C40, and mine looks exactly the same around the drop outs I've ridden mine for about 8000 miles with no issues.

@Chellis88 no there’s no debonding you can just see where the join is. I think it was the dusty corrosion on the surface of the aluminium breaking through the paint that the seller had seen. Once I scrapped all the loose paint and corrosion off it looks good to me. So I’m pretty happy 🤞 and that’s also reassuring @mustardbeak 👍 I’ll have a closer look at the post but it came out in one piece after an overnight soak in plusgas and a sharp twist 😊 if it is damaged sure thing I’ll let you know 👌

My very ratty Decor, has taken quite a beating over the years

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Nice find buddy ! Can’t beat a diamond in the rough

Strip, clean, rattle can dropouts then spent a lovely sunny and very satisfying afternoon yesterday putting it back together. First spin this morning, think I’m in love ❤️

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That's a cracking turnaround, would not have expected it and the components to scrub up so well!

The aim was to get it rideable with not much more than the minimum time and cash so I could take for a spin and see from there. The components all seem functional and there’s some pitting etc in a few places but yeah came up pretty well. Even the cables, inner tubes and chain are what were on it 😊. Tbh it doesn’t seem like it had many miles on it before someone abandoned it after a particularly wet muddy ride 🙄

Thx @getoutofbed 👍

Just picked up this very frameset yesterday. In good condition. Will be sticking Athena 11 and zondas on it. Love the paint job on it

That’ll be a beaut once fully built. I have planned on throwing a similar Athena groupset on this frame but kitchen/baby/life etc

Really nice

Well done.

How worried would you be about this ding, I guess you can’t really see from the pic but a shallow dent under the ‘a’

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Not in the slightest

thanks, fingers crossed that's the only one...

Very nice! Deserves some nicer bars...

Cheers @kjlem

So I seem to have now procured a ratty 1st gen Master ‘10 times world champion’ with DA 7400. I think I’m just going to embrace the rattiness…

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Was that on FBMP

Yes, the fbmp algorithms know me well

Tweaked the cockpit on the C40 and cut the steerer down a bit, serviced and replaced some broken/missing headset parts courtesy of @retrodicorsa 🙏

Giving a stuck stem a soaking on the Master 🤞

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Just finished Master

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That stem perfectly complements the frame.
Nice job!