Thank you very much Brian.
Thank you too Robert, I think I know what you're trying to express.
A thousand apologies, the Colnago is supposed to a 1972 model, if one goes by the decal on the seat tube.
My issue is that I can only afford one of the bikes, probably the Colnago, BUT I don't want to be conned by the seller. He is asking $2,000 CDN for it. Even though I owned a 1968 Cinelli for 38 years before the frame was destroyed when hit by a car, (luckily my son who was riding it was not seriously injured, the car driver was at fault)I'm a newbie to this vintage bike arena. There are a lot of shady characters out there selling junk and professed original vintage bikes for high prices.
I just want to make sure I'm getting what I' paying for.
Robert, since you have Colnagos in the same time frame, how do I determine the year of manufacture of the Colnago I'm looking at? The decals on the bike state: Record Or, Mexico, 1972, Columbus Speciale. I will look for the serial # tomorrow when I take the bike for a test ride, is the serial # on the inside of the rear stays? Is there a site on the internet that has a serial # registry that correlates year of manufacture with serial #s?
Thanks for you help.
Richard Pakula Toronto, Canada
-----Original Message----- From: Robert Clair [mailto:r.clair@cox.net] Sent: July 2, 2009 8:14 PM To: Richard Pakula Subject: Re: [CR] Refinish or not
.... please don't think ill of me for saying the following ... but your
email should have read that .... "i just found two really neat old bicycles
in an old building and i now
how them in front of me. thank goodness i saved them from whatever ..."
.... i have a 1971 original and a 1973 restored pair of supers you don't
want to know what "they" may be thinking now ...
robert clair
alexandria, va 22308
usa