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Thread: Older Colnagos
Posted 15 August 2011 at 10:10:25 UK time
Andrew, Cheltenham, UK, oceanseleven75@hotmail.co.uk

Hi Colnago fans. I have this beautiful Colnago and it's only me that knows how good it is as my friends and family are not in to cycling. I bought it in 1997. I have been looking at the current Colnago range and I have to say i don't like the design of them. They all seem to have a sloping top tube, which seems to be common with all the frame manufactures.

The bike is a 56 cm Colnago Master Olympic painted in Casini yellow art decor. The condition of the bike is excellent, however there is some rust on the rear triangle, not much though, and two chips of paint were the bolt for the seat tube is housed. I took the Colnago to a local bike shop and the lads there all stopped what they were doing and took a good luck at it. Which for me says everything about the bike and the WOW factor that it has!

The components:
9spd Dura Ace 1st addition. Purchased 1997.
Cassette 11-21, front rings 42-53.
Updated the hubs; front 7800, back 7850.
Ambrosio Nemesis rims, 36 holes. Purchase 2010.
Swiss double butted spokes. Purchased 2010
Vittoria Corsa Evo CX 21-28" Tubs Purchased 2010. Not puntured yet!
KMC 9spd chain (silver) Purchased 2010.
Top of the range SRAM cabling(White) Purchased 2010
Look PP357 Pedals(black)
Look 1" Quilled ergo stem. Purchased 2010.
Took some time finding as they don't make them any more.
Cineli Giro Handlebars 64-42. Purchased 1994.
FSA K-force. Purchased 2010. Very nice!
Specialized Toupe 149 saddle, Titanium railed. Purchased 2010.

I had a choice to either buy a new bike or invest in the Colnago. As you can tell by the purchase dates with some of the equipment I chose to invest and update the Colnago.

My wish list for the bike:

Royce Racing Gold bottom bracket. Size of axle may be a problem.
Mavic SL TI pedals.
Garmin edge 800 GPS unit. Mega expensive!
The bike will be complete after those three purchases and will be as good as my money can get it. Hope what I have written has been of interest.

Andrew

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