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possible re, and non drive side... but undeniably amazing for 1975. Speedwell Titalite, 40% lighter than the steel equivalent, and (literally) 100 times more expensive.

some quarters believe the development off key colours coincided with the expansion of Ernesto's ego,
he has been quoted I believe stating his bikes are the best in the world, which is a tall order

All their current crabon bike ones are horrible and generic. :(

^ This

Colnago GEO, or "World Map" is the best yet .. IMHO

superlight imho
(as in neked c50)
Oscar Friere's ex

Random thought / question that has just occurred to me...

Why is the right hand side the drive side?

so simpletons like meself know what shoes to use

The fork / stem / hs will never cease to bug me on those "new" colnagos.

Why when they're ltd ed type things, do they not have a 1 1/8" ahead, or some special carbon forks, with a special custom stem in teh size the first owner orders, and some sort of non-fugly ltd campag record headset.

It's bullshit.

It's to do with the rotation of the earth, and the way the water goes down the plughole. If you go to Australia, you'll find the driveside is the other way round.

and they don't use knog's , but flourescent wichety grubs

The fork / stem / hs will never cease to bug me on those "new" colnagos.

Why when they're ltd ed type things, do they not have a 1 1/8" ahead, or some special carbon forks, with a special custom stem in teh size the first owner orders, and some sort of non-fugly ltd campag record headset.

It's bullshit.

Agree, they look awful when you could do it in a way that didn't. You'd be free to buy the frameset and choose your own headset/stem, of course.

They put loads of nasty FSA stuff all over their other bikes as well (and those hideous levers on the C59 disc). TBH most recent Colnagos are an exercise in poor taste, occasionally through chance they end up making an awesome-looking one.

Agreed, the lost it after the extreme c imho

Re-reading my postrant I realise that I may have over used the word special.

^ Agree that the Extreme C does look sexy:

(also comes in a less subtle flavour)

moar

ooooohh lovely

So close! Flat tyre/slack chain/brakless

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LINK IT PLEASE. iT'S FUCKING MELTY.

speaking of Colnago's, I really like the paintjob on Markypoo's one

^^^ a classic pea, but timeless nonetheless. Italians doing what they do best.

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geo team
the c35 looks mapei ish

It's kind of magnificent in it's own ridiculousness

suppose old Ernie's entitled to an ego, John Paul ringing up about inner tubes for the vatican whip, and Enzo dropping by
to discuss carbon

Anyway if he meant Colnago Supers he's right

Nobody is entitled to inflict this on the world.

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ostentatious, agreed,
but
was ahead of it's time, circa '88