Colnago Owners / Info / Appreciation Thread

here, velecio.

http://www.lfgss.com/post1070327-7.html

calling the colnago experts...anyone more infor on this?
cheers

Hi all,
Okay, cards on the table. I have a Colnago road bike which I use sometimes if I feel like going out for a spin and taking on the mentalists who drive around the town in turbocharged Subarus. Normally I am a ( wait for it) mountain biker, downhills in the Pennines are much safer.But...I still like spinning, especially on empty moron free roads...
I almost decided to sell it,then thought, maybe not, because its a lovely thing. I read a few posts on this forum and began to think I was very ignorant about the whole road bike ethos...Trouble is I know diddly squat about its history, provenance, is it a nice one or will the purists scoff? Is it a cheaper model not really worth hanging on to? Or a really nice one which will always be something to cherish? So here is a pic, info welcome, where does it stand on the ladder of desirability? Is it worth much? And dont be rude, I am a complete newbie, and yes the saddle is naff.....

thoughts?

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Will take a punt and say that is a 'Competition' or 'C' model with Decor paint - could be anything from 1996 through to 1999? Likely to be Columbus Thron or Thron Super? Very nice too.

I had the same in Rabobank team colours with original chrome fork - think I sold it for £300 ish. Which is top money for a frame of this spec. Its a decent quality bike, but its not in the same league as Colnago Tecnos or Master frames IMO which you can pick up for not a whole lot more...

https://www.lfgss.com/thread44162-26.html#post2056556

Yep, nice. I'd keep it if I was you. Although the real question is do you enjoy riding it?

What does the sticker on the down tube say, that should tell you the tubing?

Have you got any bigger/different pics?

It's earlier than the late 90s, probably from the early 90s, by the looks of the paintjob.

More pics, especially of the seat cluster, bottom bracket shell and rear dropouts would help, as would reading the tubing decal on the seat tube and telling us what it says.

I'll get on to it when I return on Monday, cheers.

Hi there,

I got this old Colnago frame, still in box never used, any ideas as to what year it dates?

Cheers!

bottom bracket stamp?

Like that...cheers!

1972 says the sticker.

Single set of bottle bosses, gear cables over BB shell and paint job suggest mid 1970s

Colnago dating

I dated a Colnago once. It stole my wallet and gave me bad AIDS.

I thought about making that joke but resisted :-)

Was expecting this joke, been done before...only without the aids part...

Thanks for info, sticker says 1972 as a reference to colnagos world hour record set in mexico, so its post that, agree...thanks, will check box, frame has never been built up, about time ...

http://www.43bikes.com/colnago-70s-details.html

This frame is between 1979-1982 approx.

http://campagnolo.wikispaces.com/Portacatena

I remember seeing pictures of this thing in Cycling, can't remember exactly when but never on an actual bike which suggests it wasn't one of Campagnolo's better ideas.

This frame is between 1979-1982 approx.

http://campagnolo.wikispaces.com/Portacatena

Thanks!

What is the probability of a resprayed track frame with a club cutout on the bottom tube lug being a genuine colnago?

Are there any other manufacturers that used this type of lug cutout?

I only have an ad and some pictures to go by (and not much time).

Cheers!

I got this at a local junk shop. It is in nice condition, the groupset doesn't look worn at all and the non Campag parts are all pantographed and the wheels are sprints and tubs, but it has a few scrathces (I believe the paint on the Colnagos was quite flaky, so all in all it is in pretty good nick for a bike made in 1984). I was wondering if anyone could tell me if the Triomphe frame is inferior to other Colnagos? The lugs are a bit less fancy, but it is by the sticker an SL and it is fairly light as a bike, so was the Triomphe just a standard Colnago frame with the Triomphe group on it or did they cut corners in other ways? Thanks for any help, D

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*Introduced alongside Victory in 1984, the Triomphe group first appeared in Campagnolo catalogs in 1985. The two groups were discontinued in the late 1980's and replaced with Athena and the new wave of Campagnolo mid-range groupsets.Triomphe and Victory were designed not only as a mid-level component but also as a legacy design to those that preferred the old Nuovo Record (Triomphe) and Super Record (Victory) designs over the new C-Record. *

from velobase, i personally think it's a beautiful group.
awesome find, minus the saddle. what brand are the brakelevers? modolo?

I stumbled across this ad, e-mailed the seller that I thought it's not a real Colnago (asked him about some frame details) and now he's trying to convice me that it's the real deal.

The ad: http://www.2dehands.be/fietsen/fietsen/racefiets/zeldzame-colnago-vintage-campagnolo-onderdelen-166694568.html?qq=colnago&pc_id=&locale=all&afd=

In case the ad goes missing, here are the pictures:

This is what I know:

• no cutout clover on the bottom of the bottom bracket
  
• no clover/colnago in the fork crown
  
• no clovers on the lugs
  
• Reynolds tubing
  
• never seen those decals before
  
  

Seller claims this is real, because it was build by some guy called Emrin, a friend of Ernesto Colnago.

Tell me why I should(n't) believe the seller.

(I have no personal interest in the frame, I just find it annoying that people are not open for other thoughts / make money with lies)

http://saarf.net/2013/02/19/how-to-spot-a-fake-colnago/

http://saarf.net/2013/02/19/how-to-spot-a-fake-colnago/

Yeah, for me it's as clear as can be, but for the seller.. I already provided him this link, but he doesn't seem to realize.

The seller now claims that he has a "Certificate of Authenticity" that it's a real Colnago..