Re: [Classicrendezvous] Colnago quality

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From: "Takao Noda" <tanoda@d1.dion.ne.jp>
To: "Classic Bike List" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [Classicrendezvous] Colnago quality
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 23:45:16 +0900


I think in early 1980s the Colnago had lost some of its reputation not only among Japanese cyclists but also among Italians. Once a broken Colnago was hanging at Lupo's shop, and some customers were speaking ill of Colnago.
    But Umberto "Lupo" Mascheroni , ex-mechanic at Legnano, checked them , explained how the quality of the broken frame was all right. And he told us that young Ernest Colnago worked very hard. Clearly he liked Colnago. I could not understand well what he said and wondered why he seriously defended Colnago. Recently I found photos of TdF 1962 on the French magazine "Le Cycle" . Colnago was working alone as a mechanic for Philco team and Lupo Mascheroni and Umberto Marnati were working for Legnano team. ( Faliero and Alberto Masi for Ignis team) And now I understand that Lupo was praising young Colnago's hard work as a mechanic.
                                          Takao Noda
                                 Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan