Re: [CR] identify colnago

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From: "John Murray" <jmu01288@bigpond.net.au>
To: Charles Andrews <chasds@mindspring.com>, <joethaihols@hotmail.co.uk>
References: <86D9EC9A4670421487823F48B577F674@DELL>
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Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:17:54 +1000
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] identify colnago


I`ll try again!!Interesting alright, a respray for sure,and looks as if the repair work was just painted over,the front head lugs were seen on late `68.`69 Colnago`s but were not that common,I have a picture of Michele Dancelli on his Milan San Remo winning Colnago that has the same head lugs from 1970,the forks may be original too,Scott Davis sold a Colnago awhile back that had no clubs in the down tube but I think they were thestandard prugnant type, so there are versions that do come out of the factory,special orders perhaps,the forks seem to fit this frames time line,repair repaint with period corect decals should end up with a nice Colnago albeit a slightly different version,well gotta go the bus is due to take me to work,see ya all in a week
John Murray
Caloundra Qld
Australia


----- Original Message -----
From: Charles Andrews
To: joethaihols@hotmail.co.uk
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 1:46 AM
Subject: Re: [CR] identify colnago



> Dale said:
>
> << - although the bottom headtube lug is blended beautifully with the
> downtube. >>
>
> Uh oh... Joe, looks like you may have a serious problem here. From what I
> can see in the picture, I am afraid a repair, and not such a good one, has
> taken place here. I hope I am wrong... This warrants a closer look.?
>
> Dale
>
> Dale Brown
> Greensboro, North Carolina USA
>
> ________________
>
>
> what Dale said. In addition, it appears the fork is an early-70s item,
> the main frame might be contemporaneous, but those are lugs you never see
> on any colnago. Could this be some kind of price-point frame, like the
> International? I know we here in the US didn't see all the flavors of
> Colnago Ernesto was pumping out in the '70s. Could this be a shop-brand
> bike, for instance?
>
> Interesting anyway. Too bad about what appears to be a lug-catastrophe on
> the down-tube..
>
> Charles Andrews
> Los Angeles
>
>
> "everyone has elites; the important thing is
> to change them from time to time."
>
> --Joseph Schumpeter, via Simon Johnson