Re: [CR]Dating a Colnago?

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From: "Martin O. Walsh" <mowalsh@erols.com>
To: REClassicBikes@aol.com
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Dating a Colnago?
References: <67.58d8fa.2ae57f90@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 16:54:04 -0400

Hi Martin and CR list, I would say a Colnago International is a 1982-'85 or so bicycle.My understanding is they were sold as complete bicycles,about mid level Colnago with Omas parts group "autographed" by Ernesto Colnago....from the saddle to cranks,etc. I sold one at Cirque 2002 to Mark Poore. A very small 48cm. size. The red of the Colnago I sold appeared a deeper red than the one shown on e-bay. A friend showed me a Colnago advertisement from around 1982 showing the Colnago International as a complete bicycle.The tubeset was Columbus as I remember. It appears that the Colubus "dove" logo is just barely visible in one of the e-bay photographs for Item #1870715112. It was a neat looking bicycle. The bicycle I had was equipped with a six speed freewheel, so it seems odd to have a 130mm spacing for an early to mid-80's bicycle,as advertised on the auction. Maybe, Mark still has it? Yours truly, Martin Walsh in Vienna,Va. P.S. I'm still trying to get a model name for a Colnago I bought recently circa 1990 with Gilco syle tubing(on one tube only) and Columbus SLX tubing,spaced 130mm. No model name was listed on the frame.Wayne B., do you have your ears on? REClassicBikes@aol.com wrote:
> Can any one put a date and tubing type to this Colnago frame on ebay. Thanks.
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> Item No 1870715112

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> Regards

> Martin Coopland