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Back in the 1970s there were a number of very poor quality Colnagos sold in the US. They were of such mediocre build quality that Ernesto claimed they were counterfeits--- I actually sat behind Ernesto on a flight many many years ago but we chated about cycling sport and not his frames. There was little to believe that they were not. Aparently there was a real mess in the distribution channels and with the "Italian bike boom" blazing--- Colnagos were in the 1970s what Rolex watches were in the 1980s... I have heard a number of stories about the fakes but with subcontracting and the Italian tradition to copy--- who said it was a Chinese thing--- its hard to spot the truth... The mass of fakes and some not-so-stellar real Colnagos nearly knocked them off the map for a while...