Chromed Colnago

[colnagolover]

Hi Gboon,

Thought thos link might interest you with regard to age of your father's bike

http://www.velociao.com/2011/colnago-mexico-1976/

As you can see, bike is dated as 1978 (although link says 1976?) and the chainrings and crank arms especially are close to thos on your father's bike.

 

[Gboon]

Hi,

I wish I could see more details - such as headset details, type of tubing used for frame and forks, handlebar and stem identity etc. - but from what I can see, the bike looks absolutely beautiful - a stunner - the only bits I personally do not like are the saddle and the seatpost.

I think the bike is probably mid-seventies - the inner chainring looks like Campagnolo 753 which was made for the Campagnolo 1049 chain/crankset, which was produced in the mid-seventies. I can not identify the pantographed outer chainring (which looks fantastic) but you can try your luck by trawling the Velobase site (http://velobase.com/SearchBasic.aspx)

Did your father buy it from new or did he buy it second-hand? I have a suspicion that the chrome on the main frame tubes (not seat stays and chain stays) may have been applied as a later upgrade by a previous owner, if your father bought it second-hand.

As another member has said, it is worth whatever people are prepared to pay but looking at the bike and the details I can see, I would definitely say that you should not accept less that €1500 and it could well be worth much, much more - all the way to the bank.

Colnagos in good shape are sold on the bay for prices that go from €1200 to €3000, depending on the model, groupset, paintwork and so on.

I wish you all the best with the sale - unfortunately my old age pension will not stretch so far

I will take a few pictures, so you can see more details.

My father bought the bike second-hand on vacation in Belgium. I do not know unfortunately what happened before with the bike.
On the frame is "Mast" written. I'll take pictures of it.

Many thanks for the good help!

 

[Gboon]

Re:

Like I promised, I took a few extra pictures.

https://imageshack.com/user/Gboon

 

[colnagolover]

Hi Gboon,

Some good pictures and some very nice detail - my inexpert guess is that the frame and fork are an early 1980s ('81/'82) Colnago Super, which has had the original paintwork stripped and then been resprayed and rechromed.

The lugs on the frame - and the forks with the flat shoulders - definitely bear a close resemblance to an early 80's Super but I have never seen one with the frame chromework, so I'm guessing that it is something which has been done at a later stage.

The word "Mast" didn't really provide a clue - perhaps missing the "er" of Master but Colnago did not make a model called Master in the early '80s.

There are lots of members of the forum who have a much greater knowledge of Colnagos than I do so perhaps somebody else will come up with more accurate/better information than I can offer.

Good Luck