Bike porn

.....the main reaction that signature engenders is for fat, overstuffed collectors Worldwide to reach for their fat, overstuffed wallets (see also 'wallhanger' and 'Colnago C35').

also of interest is how various Italian bike/components manufacturers particularly between the early 70's and mid 80's pretty much all did it
no doubt all the frame manufacturers would claim to be of the worlds best, campagnolo in that era arguably was the best in its field, as a collectors item, your right, it does reach a premium, i was one degree of separation from one, picked up a ciocc Concorde astore frame for chips and the vendor said it previously had 50th gruppo

I would give all these super shiny machines a proper commute season and leave them without clean :D

funny enough, that's how i found the ciocc, vendor said original owner stripped to put on a commute build

have a good one porn readers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jbdgZidu8

my boy's got a proper set of hampsteads for Christmas!
born on Christmas day, the real Jesus?

I thought one was gold?

no, he didn't like that set, went for this, his pal Depp said he did it (the change)to look pretty
for "his woman"
chapeau to her, a Lady of resilience standing by him this long

That's a relief, he was copping my style anyway.

Here's one of my faves of the season
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NN8BRzsNPU

bit of Tom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1ZcxsHKBW4

Red stripe on top tube y u no blue?

New Arabesque frames are produced and you can buy them for 2799euro

Red stripe on top tube y u no blue?

The red and blue are not stripes, they are blocks, but the 396 tubes are not fat enough to show the boundary between them

Thanks, that was irking me :-)

i wonder if this sig causes similar reactions

Extra puke points for the gold :)

"According to Alex Colnago, nephew to company founder Ernesto Colnago, an employee was walking in the basement of the company’s Cambiago, Italy, headquarters and factory when he happened across a forgotten stash of original Arabesque lugs. Those lugs are being used to build a limited run of “new” Arabesque frames—in Italy, nearly 30 years after the bike’s original debut."

"Unlike the original round-tube Arabesque models, this new run will use the Master’s star-shaped tube set, marrying the signature details of both frames. This move also prevents any mistaking the new model with frames built in the '80s, which will probably be a relief to collectors of the original Arabesque.

Colnago is currently counting and cataloging the lug sets and isn’t yet sure exactly how many frames it can build, though current estimates are in the neighborhood of 400 to 600. What frame sizes the lugs will allow isn’t established yet, either. The frames will be allocated worldwide with no estimate on how many will come to the US. So far, Japan, one of Colnago’s best markets, has put in the most orders. No price was available at press time."

2016 frames pdf

http://codagex.be/Websolutions/default.aspx?wsmt=wscontent&code=COLNAGO

colnago Master arabesque 2799 euro
avaliable in Benelux in 2016

page 24 in Benelux catalogue

lovely!

lol
old


"Unlike the original round-tube Arabesque models, this new run will use the Master’s star-shaped tube set, marrying the signature details of both frames. This move also prevents any mistaking the new model with frames built in the '80s, which will probably be a relief to collectors of the original Arabesque..."
new (different tubes and forks)

"According to Alex Colnago, nephew to company founder Ernesto Colnago, an employee was walking in the basement of the company’s Cambiago, Italy, headquarters and factory when he happened across a forgotten stash of original Arabesque lugs. Those lugs are being used to build a limited run of “new” Arabesque frames—in Italy, nearly 30 years after the bike’s original debut."

smells o' horse shit to me, more like a marketing plan led re production

straight fork with this frame is anti

New Arabesque is anti.. like Saarf said, buch 'o marketing bla bla

What seatpost is used on that blue new Arabesque?

given the all round "epic fail" of the reproduction, could well be kalloy
is quite disingenuous to be frank, 400-600 mythical lugs found, looks like uk brand distributor windwave has got that amount on their site inventory alone
arabesque more akin to an early 80's super profil than master imho