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Is Athena porn? It is the nicest silver group out there - and I'm planning to put it on one of my bikes - but something about it just doesn't look quite right. I think it's either the indelicate shape of the drive-side crank or the shade of silver used. I can't exactly put my finger on it.

Is it the only option for equipping an older steel frame in modern kit? Of course, carbon and black componentry more generally are precluded under the stipulations of good taste. (Not that I'm saying that the person who kitted out that Pegoretti has any.)

Either you're in league with the Anodizer from Hell or you need to fix your filter.

I was a little worried that perhaps I had made the photo a bit too Tumblr.

That looks good.

Is it a KHS?

Thanks. It basically is - it's a Kilo TT, one of the ones with bottle cage mounts and no decals. They're the same frame other than those two things.

Here's mine, finally done.

Have we had this one yet?

Well, yes. Aside from that, the bar angle and saddle position (forward, and angled down) contribute to the effect.

It looks like it's falling forward.

Frame make?

Tonic.

I love the way the base of the saddle, the top tube, and the stem look parallel to one another.

amazing samsung phone camera!

Indeed.

What a shame.

Shame about the bars, but there's not really much else to fault.

Oh dear.

I don't know, I think the badness of the build rather matches the frame.

That paint.

I absolutely despise those Cinelli Groove stems.

I like how the box that the Visps came in says 'fixie bike'.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5185/5682939295_9cec8cfe67_b.jpg

Absolutely pornlicious.

I use a bit of degreaser.

Stunner. Love the forks. I think a silver stem would suit it nicely.

Michael Cox of Zonal Marking fame?

What a beauty!

I have just done something similar and am finding it very hard to identify whether it really is a Super or not... tips on identifying Colnagos welcome.

A bit of a dredge, but if you're still interested...

Scoble was right, it is early eighties. 1982 to be exact. It took me a little while to find information since Colnago dating is an inexact science (and because I am obsessive and therefore I was obsessively looking down the wrong avenues) but there's a list for dating Supers.

If it's not a Super, then I'm not sure where to look, but there are some catalogues here which may be of help to you. The one in the directory labelled simply 'colnago' is from 1982, based on the Super frameset shown and the above list (cable guides underneath bottom bracket and flat fork crown). There are also a few other catalogues kicking around the internet that should turn up with a bit of Google.

Once you've nailed down the model and an approximate age range, search for it individually by year and see what turns up. Brute force sometimes works!

Good luck.

I bought it! Thanks for the IDs!

I just bought this.

As best I know, it's an early-nineties Colnago Super. The crankset is either Chorus or Athena and the derailleurs and (beautiful) shifters presumably match. The seatpost is Campagnolo as well. The remainder of the components are a bit of a mixed bag: one Araya rim, one Wolber rim, Continental rubber, Suntour Cyclone brakes, Dia-Compe levers, a Shimano headset, and a Nitto Technomic stem which I simultaneously rather enjoy and acknowledge doesn't really fit with the rest of the bike.

Though I got it for a good price, I am now broke so it is staying mostly this way in the near term. But who knows what the future will hold!

What would you pay for it? It just came up for $480 Canadian (about £300). Is that a good price?

Sorry - I'm brand new to the used bike purchasing scene.