Deax
Devout Dirtbag
Just spotted the `Colnago' Gran Sport that was for sale in the complete bikes section.
It caught my eye as:
1) It's was apparently a Colnago
2) It's the same colour scheme as mine with the 70's graphics set
3) 3 brake cable guides on the top tube - like mine.
Clearly the bike for sale was not a Colnago, but mine definitely is. When I bought the bike I wondered long and hard about the 3 cable guides - I had not seen a Colnago with 3 before.
Since then, I've been inspecting all Colnagos carefully - both in the flesh and in pictures. There are other examples out there but I wonder if any one else has one?
Someone on the Classic Rendezvous forum described 3 as `anomalous' - which is certainly the case. Mine is (by the Classic Rendezvous Colnago dating timeline) mid 80's, but has mid 70s decals and late 80s Columbus stickers, so it's always felt a bit `suspect'.
I think it's well known that Colnagos were (like other Northern Italian frame builders) sometimes contracted out to local frame builders - I was wondering whether 3 brake cables guides came about as a result of a sub contractor getting a little confused as to which brand he was building?
It caught my eye as:
1) It's was apparently a Colnago
2) It's the same colour scheme as mine with the 70's graphics set
3) 3 brake cable guides on the top tube - like mine.
Clearly the bike for sale was not a Colnago, but mine definitely is. When I bought the bike I wondered long and hard about the 3 cable guides - I had not seen a Colnago with 3 before.
Since then, I've been inspecting all Colnagos carefully - both in the flesh and in pictures. There are other examples out there but I wonder if any one else has one?
Someone on the Classic Rendezvous forum described 3 as `anomalous' - which is certainly the case. Mine is (by the Classic Rendezvous Colnago dating timeline) mid 80's, but has mid 70s decals and late 80s Columbus stickers, so it's always felt a bit `suspect'.
I think it's well known that Colnagos were (like other Northern Italian frame builders) sometimes contracted out to local frame builders - I was wondering whether 3 brake cables guides came about as a result of a sub contractor getting a little confused as to which brand he was building?
