rBoTM April 2014 - Vote now!!!

rBoTM April 2014 - Vote now!!!

  • gridno27's 1990 TVT92 HM carbone

    Votes: 14 25.9%
  • Juice's 1991 Raleigh Scorpio

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • trail_head's Battaglin Giro

    Votes: 4 7.4%
  • NeilM's 1990 Basso Gap

    Votes: 4 7.4%
  • Martin Rattler's 1954 RO Harrison Omnium

    Votes: 10 18.5%
  • Ian Raleigh's - Raleigh Team Panasonic

    Votes: 2 3.7%
  • bagpuss's 1963 Carlton International

    Votes: 9 16.7%
  • Robster914's Peugeot Perthus Pro

    Votes: 7 13.0%
  • colnagolover's 1988 Colnago Super Sprint

    Votes: 4 7.4%

  • Total voters
    54
  • Poll closed .
Ian Raleigh":3r99k3t6 said:
The Colnago is nice but there are two things that lets the bike down! Bars & stem = Awful.

Well Ian,

Canvassing is probably not the done thing and one man's meat is often another man's poison :( but in defence of my Colnago, the bars are 1987 Modolo Anatomic Bend (Speedy version) and the stem is a 1987 Modolo Professional. Both have been part of the bike since its purchase in 1988 and therefore are at least period correct for Italian mid-range bikes of the time (as are all other components except the inner chainring, which is - regrettably - a Stronglight as I was, at the time that replacement was necessary, unable to source a Chorus inner chain ring).

The bars are very comfortable and the stem is the perfect length, so awful or not, they're good for me and my bike :D

Cheers
colnagolover
 
Please don't take it to heart colnagolover! Its me being fussy! The Colnago is very nice but the bars & stem seem
to spoil the bike, I have a lovely Gios and its superbe but two things let it down and its the bars & stem, they was on
the bike when custom built for an Italian bloke and always haggling do I or don't I change the awful things, they are still fitted.
 
Ian, whether I like it or not, I'm far too old and life is now too short :( to take things to heart and so - like your GIOS - I'm pretty sure my stem/bars'll stay where they are - I'm used to them and they're used to me.

I've always described the Colnago as perfect comfort - you know, the sort of comfort you feel when you put on a well worn jacket that just drops over your shoulders and justs fits to a T - not too tight and not too baggy, everything right where it should be :LOL:

And then there's the small matter of not being able to afford Cinelli bars and ITM or 3TTT stems when I bought the bike - but that's another story......
 
I can't go with this early plastic bike made in FRANCE - so my vote goes to the Saronni coulour styled Colnago (sometimes I think I will have one in my collection too)
 
gridno27":s9mnvyie said:
I can't go with this early plastic bike made in FRANCE - so my vote goes to the Saronni coulour styled Colnago (sometimes I think I will have one in my collection too)

Thanks, Gridno - now I at least know that I got out of the starting blocks ..... even if I do stumble at the first hurdle :LOL:

colnagolover

PS My Colnago is my collection - one and only! :D
 
Well I must admit that Colnagos don't usually float my boat, but I do like the job you've done colnagolover. That's got to be the best colour scheme from Colnago any day.
 
bugloss":268w6glv said:
...... That's got to be the best colour scheme from Colnago any day.

Had to face it .... whatever made Saronni happy had to be more than good enough for me ;) And he could win a rainbow on my bike, I'd never get to the sign in with his :facepalm:
 
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