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Who cares - any of these frames in carbon are completely divorced from the heritage of the great makers (and I'm not anti-carbon - I own and rate very highly a Cervelo S3). It is just that Colnago, Cinelli, Masi, Rossin, Sancineto et al are all about the technical and stylistic pinnacle of steel frame design and construction. The only link between that and the carbon bikes that bear their names today is the marketing men.

Dammit's heading straight to porn

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Is this his new road bike? Is there a threead?

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^^^Not sure I agree with that... The builders that have made the switch are really aware of the potential craftsmanship and ultimate customisation the material offers. Builders like colnago adopted it years ago. Just because it's fibre and glue doesn't devalue the craft, if anything it's more technical building a bike from cloth, laying it up by hand. Look at the argonaut construction images, makes brazing look a bit agricultural.

It is just that Colnago...are all about the technical and stylistic pinnacle of steel frame design and construction

Really? I thought they were about making the best road racing frames with whatever technology was available at the time. Colnago have been in the carbon business for at least 25 years now, which seems long enough for even the most churlish of retrogrouches given that they have only been in any kind of business for 60 years.

∆∆ but I see caliper brakes? I though dammit was strictly into discs nowadays.

As its already built I'm guessing its Talbot.

(Sorry for posting my own bike in Bike Porn, just to answer a question)

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Is this his new road bike? Is there a threead?

yup, looks fuckin ace. pls put in cp.

I kinda want another Talbot now..

No I guessed that much.

I just would have thought you'd be moving your whole stable to discs.

How come you went off the idea of an aero road bike? Or have I imagined that.

Is that to replaced your Cannondale as a road performance bike?

not atm, atr
“The C50, the latest iteration of the C-series chassis that Colnago launched 25 years ago with the sculpted C35, was co-developed by Italian composites wizard ATR, the firm that has created bits for Ducati and Lamborghini and the monocoque carbon chassis used in the $650,000 Ferrari Enzo. ATR fabricates the C50′s carbon parts, including the oversized master profile tubing and diamond-shaped HP chainstays, which Colnago says increase the C50′s rear torsional rigidity by 3.5 percent while enhancing vertical compliance by 5 percent. “

(By Mark Riedy,www.2009tourdefrancenews.com)

^^ nope i think this is to replace his brompton as a folding bike

Why is everyone getting so uptight about Colnago's? They're all shit.

The top end ones are bloody gorgeous, all the rest are the same as everything else. Colnago's are a bit like Audi's though: it's the not the cars that are shit, it's the owners..

Colnago's are a bit like Audi's though: it's the not the cars that are shit, it's the owners..

bollocks

Why is everyone getting so uptight about Colnago's? They're all shit.

lol

in order to demonstrate how socially accessable/acceptable colnagos are, I am prepared to give my own, loved, c50 hp superlight to the millionth subscriber who signs in before 12 midday

bollocks

Did I touch a nerve? ;)

you gotta be in it to win it kids, no second or runner up prizes

Did I touch a nerve? ;)

not at all ;-)

Why is everyone getting so uptight about Colnago's? They're all shit.

My old boss had a C50, it rode like a wet noodle.

My Master Olympic, however, was a dream - even with the disgusting mismatch of parts that I had on it.

The top end ones are bloody gorgeous, all the rest are the same as everything else. Colnago's are a bit like Audi's though: it's the not the cars that are shit, it's the owners..

Same thing could be said about Lambos, Cervelos and red trousers for that matter.

Edit. Ok maybe not Cervelo or red trousers. B-)