Colnago master build

So, project started about 18 months ago with a head-on crash with a car that wrote off my lovely 1950's Sun wasp that I had spent ages building (Grrr..)

never mind - always wanted a steel Colnago, so managed to find a frame for sale via ebay. Believed to be a Master Piu that was used by pro-team on the continent (possibly Belgium), To be honest I was not sure on the colours and plan was to have frame stripped and repainted in pearl white, but after a while of looking at her I thought it would be better to keep the original paintjob and go for a complimentary 'black' components look.

been scouring parts from here and there - brakes and seatpost are just temporary as still looking for the 'right' ones, but she's finally rideable and it's fantastic.

hope you like as well - regards

Looking nice.. I'm a big fan of modern stuff on older frames - Having said that - the Raceface Chainset is a bit "MTB" and chunky for this bike IMO

^this, also level your bars.

cheers for the comments - can see from pics that bars are a bit out of level so that will be sorted tomorrow before ride.

Only reason for raceface chainset is that I managed to pick one up at a great price and they are nice and strong - I know what you mean about a bit to MTB, maybe in future will look to swap out for a black alloy Campagnolo of some sort.

Regards - Tb

Just a tip .. Swap the RF BB for a shimano unit.

I've had a couple of the RF cadence chainsets and while the cranks & rings are pretty well made, the BB is properly cack... A lot of resistance and short life span - Putting a shimano 105 BB in it's place transformed the drive

FYI

thanks for the tip on the BB - never used one of these 'new fangled' outboard bearing style units, always been a square taper guy !

took the bike out for a 50 miler today and I have got to say for an oldie she rides absolutely fantastic - i think swapping over to 25mm tyres has also had an effect on ride comfort.

Thanks - Tb

nice looking build & a nice early 90s master
i really like the shallow campag wheels
that front tyre looks rather close to the down tube tho
might be worth checking the forks , i have just had a master with the same issue , turned out the forks were bent

Hi MRI

did check the forks and frame very carefully before build and all looked fine, not sure if its just the angle on the photo. this one below shows clearence better (this is with a 25mm tyre as well).

I'm wondering if it was built with tighter angles considering it was an ex-team frame ?

Regards - T.b.

...maybe in future will look to swap out for a black alloy Campagnolo of some sort...
Plenty of earlier NOS Campag UT around at the moment: Veloce/Centaur, black, £100-ish.