[CR]A Visit to Ernesto Colnago-Innovator and Industialist

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Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 22:20:00 +0000 (GMT)
From: <gholl@optonline.net>
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]A Visit to Ernesto Colnago-Innovator and Industialist

During our stay in Milan, we visited the Colnago Works at Cambiago. We were shown around by Ernesto's nephew Alessandro, a very pleasant young man with good English. The museum alone is well worth the trip, with many fascinating bikes. We were able to share a few minutes with Mr. Colnago who was very pleasant and answered my questions regarding an Arabesque I am restoring. Colnago continues to be both a great innovator with many new models, and also a man with a great respect for the history of cycling maintaining an extensive bike collection for the aficionado. Here are a few of the bikes we saw.

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u232/gholl_photos/P1000710.jpg - Saronni's Bike http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u232/gholl_photos/P1000715.jpg - Merckx's Bike http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u232/gholl_photos/P1000727.jpg - Russian Team Funny Bike http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u232/gholl_photos/P1000741.jpg - Pope's Bike

George Hollenberg MD
CT, USA