Re: [CR]Colnago help, please

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Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:35:26 -0500
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Colnago help, please
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In-Reply-To: <000801c6b01f$82496280$0100a8c0@peterocacp4ed2>


Peter Söderlund wrote:
> It is a blue Colnago frame and it's little strange, I think. The fork on
> it have an inscription which says zeus 2000, it has campagnolo drop outs
> and is stamped with number 15.

[...]
> The whole frame was built up with campagnolo except the bb cups which is
> sugino, but the spindle is campa and it have an inscription I never seen
> before- 70-ss-120, +1-+1.5.

[...]
> Any help with how old the frame can be or what the model is, or any help
> or answers at all should be very, very much appreciated of me.
>
> Pictures of the frame can be seen at:
> http://goto.glocalnet.net/blackdot/

Assuming the fork is original (I don't know if Colnago used Zeus crowns or not), the oldest it could be is early 70s. The regular #1010 dropouts argue for earlier (1010B's with the shorter slot became popular by the 80s). My guess would be that it was built in the mid 70s.

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John (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA