Colnago C50 Pista

Uh-oh, I'm possibly going to meet some of the Colnago family on Friday. And I have an absolutely horrid feeling that in a fit of over-exuberance I'll leave the shop having ordered one of these:

It's beautiful isn't it.

Let's see if I have what it takes to resist.

Very nice.

Carbon looks kinda tacky.

Are you sure your hands would be on the carbon?

Uuuurhhh, neeeeeed tooooo goooo tooo toooilllettt.

...shudder...

That's better! Lovely bike. What shop you going to, David? Business or pleasure, or both!?

Nice.

But not THAT nice....

Sam What shop you going to, David? Business or pleasure, or both!?

Cyclefit as usual:

The CycleFit Open House, The Colnago Family and Alessandro Petacchi's bike
Put simply our Casa is your casa during the occasion of The Grand Départ. We want to make sure that all our CycleFit clients feel like they have a base over Friday and Saturday; and now you do it is at 11-13 Macklin Street. We will be offering simple refreshments and hopefully live TV coverage of the event on Saturday until 14:30. The Colnago family are allegedly visiting at around 16.00 on Friday 6th July to view at our specially built Team Replica's (Milram, Rabobank and Tinkoff) and Alessandro Petacchi's actual Giro race-bike which we currently have on display.

They don't have a C50 Pista on their wall, which has saved me thus far. But popping in to say hi to the Colnago's is too much to resist, but therein lies my weakness, I could so easily be badgered into buying one, it's so gorgeous.

I preferred Colnago before they made plastic bikes.

I do like Anchor frames though:

I think I'd sell my baby son to buy that bike.

Used to have a lovely steel framed Colnago that was around 10 years old and about 3 inches too big! Some fcuker stole it from the car park at work 3 years back. Grrrr!

Enjoy the day and look forward to the call from your credit card company!!!

it seems like you've already decided to get one David!

that will be one stiff ride

"david! You'll do no such thing!"… (just imagine that bit in caps)

listen to your mother d. ;-)

a couple of guys have got an anchor down at HH...

RPM it seems like you've already decided to get one David!

I haven't. I really need to resist.

I'm going to have to imagine there's a better bike out there somewhere and that to get this would be a waste of money.

are you gonna do some track racing?

I'm gonna buy a £6K guitar, i'll be playing like hendrix within a week no worries.

where is the best place to buy fixed stuff frame and bits ....

Yeah it's very nice, but TBH I'd feel like a fool riding around London on it. Not a track rider, not too much with the tricks, and I'd worry too much about it getting nicked. I doubt it's likely to make a mug like me particularly faster (although if anyone buys one, could I just test that theory up Highgate west one day?!)

You can't use that Colnago as a street bike!! God no!! Heathens!!

Bet there's a few of your pink-shirted city mates who might!

Pink shirts?

Aaaaarrrrrrrrrrrghhhh!!!!!!

haha sounds like it, got too much money to spare they don't know WTF they're doing with it.

lpg I'm gonna buy a £6K guitar, i'll be playing like hendrix within a week no worries.

damn straight buddy

winston are you gonna do some track racing?

I might be tempted, perhaps, perhaps not.

lpg I'm gonna buy a £6K guitar, i'll be playing like hendrix within a week no worries.

Not everyone who buys such a guitar imagines that they'll be playing like hendrix, some simply appreciate and love the skill of the person who created the guitar, the workmanship that went into it, and the quality and sound of it.

What you're implying is akin to the suggestion that everyone who purchases a ferrari or porsche is going to be at track day events. The reality is that the vast majority of those vehicles will never see a track. Yet they are still loved by those who own them, and the quality of the engineering is still appreciated by those who own them.

I do not see anything wrong at all with purchasing a gorgeous bike and riding it on the street. Nothing. It's not even like my purchasing fine bikes is somehow depriving a racer of one or something, it's not. I simply buy bikes that I love end to end, that I wonder at the workmanship or, that I look upon and adore. Buy bikes you love, I do. Who gives a fuck for anything more than that, it's a tenuous and dumb argument that says that track bikes must be ridden on the track, that my Serotta must be raced, or to stretch it further that Campagnolo Record stuff mustn't be ridden by anyone without a race license. All sounds dumb right? If fine bikes bring someone (me) enjoyment, pride, and more fun on their bikes... then bring on the fine bikes.

Sheesh, the attitude of you two is the most compelling reason to purchase I've had so far. Let people buy whatever and ride whatever... so long as they're having a blast and not selling their gran into prostitution to afford it, then why do you care?

Alright then, alright. But hear this - what you said about the ferrari's/porsches is not really relevant : any sucker can put their foot down on an accelerator. With bikes, one needs the physical capability to do certain things, and with a guitar, one needs experience and practice. Now, i don't really play guitar, so if i went out and bought a £6K guitar, the amount of 'enjoyment' i get out of it will NOT be 100x greater than a £60 second hand strat, because i don't know how to strum a chord.

In no way am i insulting your bikeriding skillz, but you aren't at the level where that bike is what you need.

Peace.

don't floor a 911 lpg, it'll spit you out the back and piss on you. Never had a Ferrari so can't comment.