[CR] Now: Colnago Oval CX Was: reverse brake mounting, and an unusual Colnago

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Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 14:37:12 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
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Subject: [CR] Now: Colnago Oval CX Was: reverse brake mounting, and an unusual Colnago

Marc Boral wrote:
>
> Mark,
>
> I've seen a couple of those Colnagos. At one point, I was trying real hard
> to buy one that was outfitted with Mexico'd components and some ICS modified
> components. It has been so long that I have totally forgotten what that
> bike was called. If I remember correctly, Marcel Calborn (ex-Colnago
> importer) had some involvement in those bikes. But I don't put too much
> faith in anything that guy says.
>
> I also seem to remember Chuck Schmidt might know something about this model
> Colnago. I could easily be wrong, but I seem to vaguely remember Chuck
> attempting to buy that same Colnago I was interested in. Am I recollecting
> correctly Chuck ?
>
> Timeline on that frame, I believe, is early/mid '80s.
>
> Marc Boral
>
> Long Beach, CA

Here's the stuff from the CR archives (9 posts) on the Colnago Oval CX: http://search.bikelist.org/?SearchString=oval%20cx

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Matteo Brandi wrote:
>
> Hi!
> Could be a colnago oval cx be a collector item by now?how rare it was
> ?what price could it fetch? i might be able to get one but the bike is kind
> a expensive and the guy told me that this wa sa colnago early aero-bike e
> xperience?

Yes, rare, but Marc Borel knows better than I.

My local bike shop, that also happened to do business as Euro Asia Imports too, brought in a few in the 1980s. Very exotic for the time: oval tubes with lugs and a very, very skinny seat post. Colnago went to a lot of trouble to make up a lugset to work with the oval tubes. Very beautiful bike in an exotic way and it didn't hurt to have the Modolo Crono brakes too, even though they didn't stop. I don't think many numbers of these Colnagos were made. (The Eddy Merckx MX Leader [Motorola team bike] with oversize tubes and _lugs_ is going to be very collectable at some point in the future for the same and more reasons.)

Price? Not many know or care about the Colnago Oval Cx (cx = drag coefficient). It is a situation where for the most part, collectors don't know yet that they really, REALLY are going to want one in the future! You can be ahead of the curve, Matteo! Or be stuck with one (we use the term "married") ;)

Chuck Schmidt ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Chuck Schmidt
L.A.