Re: [CR] '74 Colnago Super Pantografata(?) 55x55 ctt on eBay

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Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 11:06:40 -0700
From: Raymond Dobbins <raydobbins2003@yahoo.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, "Marc St. Martin" <marc.stmartin@earthlink.net>
In-Reply-To: <26662862.1238285399654.JavaMail.root@mswamui-thinleaf.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR] '74 Colnago Super Pantografata(?) 55x55 ctt on eBay


  Hi Marc,

That wasn't a Pantografata, although the seller's description gave the (pro bably unintentional) impression that it was.  Of the Pantografata I thi nk it had only the large ring, and even that I think was a replica because it had a chain pin.  The rest of the panto parts were standard 70s and 80 s Colnago panto style, except for the stem which looked like a modern rep roduction (and also of course the Ciocc shifters).  The brake levers had also been drilled to resemble Pantografata levers, but the drilling was poorly done.  As far as the frame, I think it was a regular Super be cause it did not have chromed headlugs, and it may have been a repaint as w ell, based on the downtube decals (large C with a club inside), which I thi nk were later than 72-73.  I believe these are decals provided by Scree n Specialties (name?).

I think it would have done a lot better if it had been a genuine Pantografa ta.

Ray Dobbins
Miami Florida USA


--- On Sat, 3/28/09, Marc St. Martin wrote:


From: Marc St. Martin <marc.stmartin@earthlink.net> Subject: [CR] '74 Colnago Super Pantografata(?) 55x55 ctt on eBay To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Date: Saturday, March 28, 2009, 8:09 PM

Hey Listmembers,

Thankfully waaay too big, or there would be much spousal discord:

http://ebay.com/<blah _W0QQitemZ250393928634QQihZ015QQcategoryZ98084QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZ ViewItem>

Seller is honest about his pictures. With better pictures and, more importa nt, a way better economy, this should have been long gone.

Marc St. Martin Livermore, California USA (loves 'Nagos but whose Medieval rack will not stretch that far)