Oh boy. I have a very different view of Colnagos.
I remember the Bikeology mail order ones with cheap stickers and distorted tubes from too hot brazing. Ernesto invented cashing in on the marque.
Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ
> In a message dated 3/18/2004 6:04:26 AM PST, dartley@co.ba.md.us writes:
> We have such a Masi following on this group. Then again we've got an
> awful lot of Colnago fans. And yes, we can't forget the Cinelli Super
> Corsa people out there. For those Cognoscenti out there who own two or
> all three of these late 60's/ early 70's Colanagos, Masis and/or
> Cinellis, could we get a comparison (totally subjective of course)
> between these classic marques? I'd like to know how my early 70's
> classic compares to the others and I'd like to know just how they stack
> up. I know there are so many other bikes that might be compared, but
> these three just seem to have the most long term mystique to me.
> -----------------------------------
> Dan-
> (IMHO) when you push away all the fluff, all the hype, all of toes that
get
> stepped on, etc., Colnago consistently comes out on top. cheers-
>
> Dave Anderson
> Cut Bank MT