Re: [CR] ebay outing: colnago super

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From: "Norm and Val Lafleur" <nvlafleur@verizon.net>
To: Hilary Stone <hilary.stone@blueyonder.co.uk>, Charles Andrews <chasds@mindspring.com>
References: <20C19A5AA8AC403DA0D8BCC85CA5E04D@DELL> <4B48A39B.2070605@blueyonder.co.uk>
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Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 13:37:17 -0500
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] ebay outing: colnago super


I believe the yellow head decal was for one year only in 1975. I have a 1975 Super with a known ownership history and original panto parts but the bike has been repainted. The original saddle, bars and stem had been replaced some time in the past. If you want to compare it with the EBay bike, check it out in my Wool Jersey album here:

http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/Norm+Lafleur/75+Colnago/

Norm Lafleur
Ashfield, Massachusetts
USA


----- Original Message -----
From: Hilary Stone
To: Charles Andrews
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: [CR] ebay outing: colnago super



> Interestingly the seller claims it has the original paint - I do wonder
> about this as the Columbus decal clearly is under clear coat which I don't
> think was original. Its possible that the original paint has been
> overcoated in clear...
>
>
> Hilary Stone, Bristol, British Isles
>
>
> Charles Andrews wrote:
>> Interesting bike:
>>
>> http://ebay.com/<blah>
>>
>> Note that the panto'd parts are not congruent with the vintage of the
>> frame, and are not really congruent with each other...frame looks to be
>> 1974-1975 or so, where the crank and stem would have been seen on
>> something from about 1980, and the seatpost was typical on frames from
>> 1975-1979, roughly. Thus, it looks like it was assembled from parts..if
>> it came from the factory that way, all of our colnago-timeline stuff goes
>> into a cocked-hat <g>
>>
>> Nice frame though. Has that cool salmon-metallic paint you don't see
>> much now, but I remember well on Colnagos back in the day.
>>
>> Charles Andrews
>> Los Angeles
>>
>>
>> Q: "Why do people spoil everything for themselves?
>>
>> A: "In big ways, and little ways too, people do that all the time to
>> themselves.
>> We can't stand prosperity. We have to tinker with the machinery."
>>
>> --John D. MacDonald