Quick Colnago Question

[Earl J]

Hello bikeworkshop,
What do you want to know? Other than the fork is a Ruby (not the greatest) as the Judy SL 700C ( the fork I originally wanted) from the early/mid 90’s, that was a fork used at the Paris Roubaix “Hell of the North” road race over cobbles. Gilbert Duclos-Lasalle of team Z won Paris-Roubaix in 93 and later used on Team GAN bikes, then in 1996 Team Mapei Johan Museeuw, Franco Ballerini & Andrea Tafi cleaned everyone’s clocks with a 1-2-3 finish at Paris/Roubaix using this fork on Colnago C40’s.
The Colnago Master of mine (pic above) with the RockShox is my version of a now popular “gravel bike”. I’m on the hunt for a set of 28mm Panaracers for this bike (hopefully with tan side walls I’d prefer). I may try this fork on my C40, just for kicks.

Cheers,
~Earl J

 

[Atm00vint]

They tend not to get to have massive head tubes like everybody else, so in the larger sizes the top tubes get longer and longer but the head tubes are still relatively small compared to trad british geo where the top tubes dont really get longer beyond a certain point but seat and head tubes do.
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I ride a 63cm CTT seat tube Mercian strada. The top tube is 580mm and the head tube is 210mm. For a Master my 63CTT frame would have a 594mm top tube but still only a 174mm head tube.

This is my long winded way of saying if you go for your regular size it'll be longer and lower at the front - and you may need to show more seat post and stem / stack above the headset.

If you're going for a size down from usual, be ready for still more seatpost and stem.

Very interested on this comment. Do you know how the compare to De Rosa or to Eddy Merckx geometries that is what I’m used to. Thanks!

 

[LondonClassic]

Very interested on this comment. Do you know how the compare to De Rosa or to Eddy Merckx geometries that is what I’m used to. Thanks!

Sorry, no idea. Maybe google for some geometry tables from both and compare?

 

[bikeworkshop]

Maybe google for some geometry tables from both and compare?

Although certain brands and manufacturers had different geometries, they would also offer models with different geometries for different applications, and this would change year to year with race fashion.

We also see differences in bike geometries if they are aimed at the UK, Italy, or the US market - although in the last decade or 2 this has been reducing.

 

[Dilecta]

I've always found Colnago fit excellent. I've got a Titanium Oval, and although it's a slightly shorter top tube, the stiffness and grunt of the thing when you get going is amazing!