Re: [CR] Can anyone ID this frame?

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Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:42:28 -0800
From: "verktyg" <verktyg@aol.com>
To: joe mcdoogle <joethaihols@hotmail.co.uk>, <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <COL101-W44C8EA95226C700764967EFE960@phx.gbl>
In-Reply-To:
Subject: Re: [CR] Can anyone ID this frame?


Joe,

Going out on a limb, I doubt that it's a real Colnago frame. For starters, it just doesn't look right. Then there's the clover leafs in the the lugs and the seat stay tops. Colnagos late enough to use a Cinelli BB shell probably would have had a shorter point on the top tube lug without a cutout plus the cutouts look all wrong. All the Colnagos I remember seeing had double taper seat stays. Check out some of the pictures on the CR website:

http://www.classicrendezvous.com/Italy/Colnago/colnago.htm

Caveat: Colnago is as bad as Raleigh as far as predictability and consistency are concerned and you can always find variations.

Chas. Colerich Oakland, CA USA

joe mcdoogle wrote:
> Hi list members,
>
> I was hoping someone here may be able to help me ID this frame:
>
> http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/ae247/joe1983_photos/IMG_3874.jpg
> http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/ae247/joe1983_photos/IMG_3875.jpg
> http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/ae247/joe1983_photos/IMG_3876.jpg
> http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/ae247/joe1983_photos/IMG_3877.jpg
> http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/ae247/joe1983_photos/IMG_3878.jpg
> http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/ae247/joe1983_photos/IMG_3879.jpg
> http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/ae247/joe1983_photos/IMG_3881.jpg
>
> It is currently badged up as a Colnago but the clover cutouts on the lugs do not have the normal flat base that one would expect. I have included pictures of the main detailing on the frame, it has a Cinelli investment cast bottom bracket shell and Campagnolo dropouts. Unsure as to whether the fork is original. In any case it is a nice frame but It would be nice to know a little more about it.
>
> Regards,
>
> Joseph Headd
> Manchester
> England