C40 colnago history book

To win together was the key phrase of men in cubes, who on the streets of roubaix wrote unforgettable pages of history on their colnago bicycles. The c50 was the flagship model that marked ernesto colnagos 50th year in the bike business. Why colnago is the ferrari of road bikes in a market bursting with competing manufacturers, colnago stands out as the cycling connoisseurs bike maker, writes robert dineen. Colnago owners day stunning collection of old and new italian. So, what was so special about the c40 that we took in. Colnago 3part seat tube colored bands sku coln316 ebay. The c40 s already have the locking teeth pattern on the right side of the bb. Here my list of top 12 iconic bikes in cycling history below. The earliest presumed date of colnago incorporating a serial number onto frames is mentioned by chuck schmidt, author of the velo retro site serial numbering only started for colnago on usabound bikes when the cpsc started requiring tracking, etc. Jan 01, 2017 posts about colnago catalogs written by saarf. Colnago c40 size 56 traditional star fork campagnolo record ti 10 speed veloce crankset 170 5034 with new bb and chain cassette 1123t reynolds attack full carbon wheels with yellow. If you do eventually get a c40 with a 1 fork do your best to get one with the original fork and not expect to use some aftermarket fork in the frame.

At the end of the 1980s colnago, with the help of ferrari, produced the c35 their first carbon production bike. The mapei team helped cement the colnago c40s place in cycling history, with countless victories in the biggest and most demanding cycle races. Colnago road racing bike frames for sale in stock ebay. Ballerini triumphs over a colnago c40, first time for a carbon bike in this race, then the c40 won 4 more times in the next 5 years. Im looking at buying a 1998 colnago c40 with 2008 full record components. Get the best deals on colnago vintage bikes when you shop the largest online selection at. Few frames have the race pedigree of the colnago c50 hm. It simply gave people more of the things they want in a frame, while sacrificing less. Andrea tafis parisroubaix winning colnago c40 race bike gcn tech retro pro bike duration. Established in 1952 by ernesto colnago, the bicycle brand that bears his name has etched its way into the rich history of european. I visited the factory last year, and was very kindly sent a file of the colnago 35th anniversary catalog among others. The v1r may be the first monocoque frame in colnago s stable thats light enough to hold its own with other topend monocoque framesets. The frame has been used but is in good condition and shows normal signs of use. Ballerini triumphs over a colnago c40, first time for a carbon bike in this race, then the c40.

Help buying a used colnago c40 or c50 frameset weight. However, there was one paintscheme destined to become the colnago c40 colourway. Colnago, mapei and roubaix pills in the history of colnago. Colnago is an italian brand founded in 1952 by ernesto colnago, one of the pioneers and most innovative manufacturers in cycling history.

Our bicycle database is constantly growing with pricing information and bicycle specs daily. He once stated that he was born to build bicycles, and worked with many of the greatest cyclists of the 20th century in his early career including fiorenzo magni and fausto coppi. The history of colnago is the story of the colnago family, capable, thanks to its ideas to revolutionize cycling and the bicycles of every cyclist. We weighed a 54cm frame with seat collar and headset at 1,080g, which puts it squarely on the average mark of the other italian monocoque frames youll see in the pro peloton. The bicycles that made history colnago the best bikes in the world. Full carbon frame with master profile carbon tubes bonded to carbon lugs. Jul 11, 20 i have a c50 and used to have a c40 colnago is a brand in rapid and possibly terminal decline. Colnago c40 we take a look at the bike that started the carbonfibre revolution.

Since the debut of the c40, colnagos cseries frames have combined history and technology along with a soupcon of passion and guts. Jun 29, 2005 matt seatons haunting memoir, the escape artist, charts the physical and emotional consequences of his obsession with cycling, and his struggle with his wifes death from cancer. The c40 went on to win 5 editions of parisroubaix in 6 years. His book on the rise of amateur cycling in britain will be published by aurum next year. Colnago c40 mapei sold premium cycling website for. My 61 cm c40 measured to the very top of the seat tube, weighs 1260 grams on my digital scale. The history of the colnago c64 begins with the iconic colnago c40 in 1994. Font f ork has some rust, paint has also some minor damage. The legendary colnago c40, the first carbon tube and lug frame made.

C50 dream master ferrari colnago 2006 dealer catalog book features several pictures of the colnago frames available at the time, and pictures of the colnago history. Bought it one year ago, very little use had it on my colnago c40, looks brand new, and really no signs of installation, excellent outstanding condition. The potential of carbonfibre as a superior material. The c40 seems to hold its value quite well, probably due to its incredible race winning pedigree and the fact that it has a well deserved reputation for durabilitylongevity which cannot be said about many other carbon fiber frames. If you want something with a good history and quality build then colnago is the bike for you. Happy to present the latest incarnation of c40, colnago c40 hp bstay, model with wishbone bchainstay and titanium bottom bracket insert to increrase the stiffness. Colnago history discover passion and precision of colnago. Brands who have strong stories to tell will often attract superfans, and we came across a man who might take the cake when it comes to evangelists for colnago.

However, they dont come any finer than this lovingly crafted book. Colnago c40 team mapei frame set see pictures below description for sale in this auction is a stunning colnago c40 art decor frameset in the famous team mapei paintscheme. The colnago super, mexico and nuovo mexico steel vintage. As the history books have written, it wasnt the first carbon bike ever made, not by a long shot.

Nags had this to say this is purely from my experience and it doesnt specifically involve the c60. It was printed only for friends of the colnago family and a few top dealers in 2007. This is just what i discovered by trying to research online the following quote from a 73 colnago super restorer early colnago s can be a bit difficult to determine their exact. I warn you now, if you do manage to obtain a copy of this book, you will not be able to put it down. But having put lots of miles on a c40, ext c, and an alum mix, i feel that colnagos have a tendency to handle slower, almost sedated when. Mapei was the team to which ernesto colnago gave the. Colnago c50 at classic cycle bainbridge island classic. Top 12 iconic bikes in cycling history cycling passion. This bike becomes my daily ride replacing a colnago dream plus which i still have equipped with ultegra and rolf sestriere wheels. May 03, 2018 new interpritation of 1980s classics photo new era. It is heavy owing to the high clay content of the paper used to give a crisp reproduction of photographs. It must be stiffer, and lighter, but also must retain the companys iconic master starshaped tubes. In 1994 colnago started to produce their very successful model c40 c for carbon and 40 to commemorate colnagos 40th year in business. It became the first carbon bike to win the parisroubaix in 1995 and it ushered the era of carbon fiber that would revolutionize modern cycling.

Features colnago presenting a bike to the pope, ernesto colnago and enzo ferrari. Colnago c60 lakeside bicycles lake oswego or 97034 5036998665. How to identify a fake or genuine colnago the rise in interest in vintage colnagos has led to a number of fakes appearing on the market,and as a number of owners have contacted me re. When ernesto colnago first produced the c40 there can be little doubt that he and his engineers would have tried many differing variations of tube sizes, thickness and probably even a 1 18 inch head tube, which was becoming the norm with mountain bikes, if not yet road bikes. While you can technically do that providing the offset is the same, a non colnago fork would really detract from the whole bike. Colnago bikes are steeped in the history and heritage of italian cycling, combined with forward thinking. Ultimatly, u sing a modified form of traditional bike frame construction, substituting carbon fiber lugs for microinfusion cast steel, and carbon fiber tubes for the complex steel tubes used for steel frame construction but the lessons learned were embodied in their flagship frames, such as the c40 1994 and. West coast cycles was importing colnago at the time and the serial numbers started for.

These might not be ti but al but c40 already have the locking teeth bb by then. Colnago makes the most unique steel bike ever built then eddy merckx sets the hour record on it. The c40 was the first carbon fibre bike in the pro peloton and was around from 1994 to the latest version mine in 2004. Alan record carbon with proper colnago markings in the lugs. Colnago the bicycle is a beautifully bound reference book depicting the life of ernesto colnago and the birth of one of the most famous bicycle manufactures in history. The reason i am pretty certain that colnago was aware of the bb corrosion problems around 1997 because i have the 1996 and 1997 catalogues. It has been kept in good condition but still seems to be an old carbon bike. The c40 was one of the early production carbon bikes and it was built to celebrate colnago s 40th anniversary. Colnago bills its bikes as the winningest in the world.

This beauty is built with campagnolo record titanium 10s groupset, mavic ksyrium race wheelset and cinelli ram2. Jul 23, 2012 it is heavy owing to the high clay content of the paper used to give a crisp reproduction of photographs. To start the business money was needed, so it was necessary to make do. My local bike shop made me a deal i couldnt pass up on a complete bike with record 10 speed and bontrager racexlite wheels. The bicycles that made history colnago the best bikes. When we built the c40 we were the only ones to build carbon frames and all the. Everybodys previous dream bike, the colnago c40, was a decade old and in need of a makeover. By our count, that includes for grand tour victories, 39 monument wins, and 46 world championships with teams ranging from merckxs molteni through the oneday legends of mapei, to the irrepressible europcar. The colnago racing bicycles have marked the history of cycling.

Find great deals on ebay for mapei colnago when you shop the largest online selection at. Colnagos special edition team rabobank c50, and other news. Magazine articles with insider knowledge of construction history have been written before this. In a market bursting with competing manufacturers, colnago stands out as. Instead of following his familys farming business, ernesto colnago chose to work in the cycle trade, apprenticing first with gloria bicycles at, subsequently taking up road racing. See more ideas about bicycle, road bikes and road bike. It was a spectacular event celebrating all things colnago taking place at the prestigious chavenage house in the cotswolds. The bicycle, by pier augusto stagi, a chapter is dedicated to colnago and ferrari. Ive heard amazing things about this bike, but 1998 makes me skeptical, especially in 2011 with all the new bikes. Why colnago is the ferrari of road bikes telegraph.

I get colnago s are very good bikes and they also have a psychologic effect but is it really that good. Colnagos bikes still have a domination of the worlds cycling sports because ernesto was always an innovator and pioneer of new technologies which supposedly provide more efficency or comfort. Itm colnago 110 mm stem note the rare columbus stickers on the front fork. Mar 10, 2011 colnago the bicycle is a beautifully bound reference book depicting the life of ernesto colnago and the birth of one of the most famous bicycle manufactures in history. Colnago c40 for sale in uk 33 secondhand colnago c40. Colnago starts crimping tubes and realizes that it is a very effective way of getting performance benefits. A database of colnago bikes and frames with their paint codes to help other colnago owners. I made some changes, excluded some of daniel lloyds choices, and extended the list by including a few bikes. Ultimatly, u sing a modified form of traditional bike frame construction, substituting carbon fiber lugs for microinfusion cast steel, and carbon fiber tubes for the complex steel tubes used for steel frame construction but the lessons learned were embodied in their flagship frames, such as the c40. Over the years, there have been many books written about ernesto colnago and the frames he has made through time. C40 vs c50 originally posted by jerk when colnago updated the c50 for the second generation, they lightened it up a bit, it lost some of its torsional rigidity and more or less rode, weighed and behaved exactly like the last generation c40 it did use a 1 18th fork though if that matters. His father therefore cuts a mulberry owned to make the workbench. The most feted, however, was the c40 that was introduced for pavel.

They changed the face of steel frame building and cycle racing forever with their innovative designs and the huge success that riders had with them. The history of colnago colnago the best bikes in the world. Plus some advertising signs x1 cinelli x1 gios x1 colnago. This is a valuable book for both book collectors and colnago afficianados.

Thia auction is for a fantastic colnago c40 whilst i accept that everyone has to start an account somewhere i am no longer willing to accept bids from anyone with less than 10 feedback score. Colnago s c40 the original meaning of carbon domination. Yet all this, and more, is true of ernesto colnago s c40, which almost 10 years on from its first competitive appearance remains the most sought after machine in contemporary cycle culture. You can trace its lineage back in time to 1996 when its predecessor the colnago c40 was ridden by johan musseuw, gianluca bortolami, and andrea tafi to a team mapei 1, 2, 3 sweep of the podium of parisroubaix. Each tube and, when i say tube i mean each master section, which is a very different thing from a round tube was pinned to each lug with copper pins. This is absolutely fantastic frameset coming directly from milano italy.

The problem of separating the lugged carbon from the monoquoque frames is that it blurs the history, since colnago themselves developed both at the same time, and not all of the c series bikes are lug and tube. The colnago museum, filled with bikes from yesteryear and more recent times, is not to be missed. The year of the return of the big brands of bicycles on the jerseys of the runners. Signed by ernesto colnago himself these are both rare and collectable. Mar 25, 2014 why colnago is the ferrari of road bikes in a market bursting with competing manufacturers, colnago stands out as the cycling connoisseurs bike maker, writes robert dineen. The early history of colnago can be told through the stories of these three bikes. Matt seatons top 10 books about cycling books the guardian. No other race can create such a strong thread between athlete and mechanical means. The colnago serial number database as yet does not exist. Colnago owners day stunning collection of old and new. Colnago c40 mk1 lampre panaria 1994 sold premium cycling. The c40 was my dream bike for about five years until i broke down and bought one. Colnagos c40the original meaning of carbon domination. Ive inspired by gcns video titled top 10 iconic road bikes in racing history while writing this post.

This lovely c40 frome is the first model of the colnago family totally made of carbon and produced in big quantity. We might like the c40c50 better than the cx1, but i think date order will work better. Its almost like the relationship between caad 10 and rbicyclingcirclejerk. Colnago collaborates with ferrari and the first ever carbon fiber bicycle is created. Paintjob is a real masterpiece and shows true italian craftmanship.

Colnago c40 master art decor competition size 54 campagnola eddy merckx dura ace mapei color front hub suntour rear hub shimano 105 crank set campagnolo eddy merckx pedals shimano derailleur dura ace 7 stem 3tt the bicycle drives very smooth. Ballerini triumphs over a colnago c40, first time for a carbon bike in this race, then the c40 won 4. This is a mk3 c40 with wishbone bstay seat stays and a shimano duraace 8speed. Colnago s early attempts at carbon fiber frames were not commercially successful. Across the street from his house and factory, winning bikes, gifted bikes and prototypes are displayed, while the walls are covered with photos showing off the history of ernesto, his company and notable riders. The c40 ride quality was already nearly perfect, so ernesto just tweaked some design elements. It is a nasty combination of parisroubaix toughness and feather weight in a vibration damping material. Colnago coffee table books 2 c50 c40 dream master ferrari ct1 tecnos colnago 01 and06 dealer catalog book features several pictures of the colnago frames available at the time, and pictures of the colnago history. All the latest colnago news and products, directly from the official uk colnago distributor. There was a very good history of the c40 in cycle sport magazine in 2004. It is first and foremost a frame that you can ride fast for long distances and do so comfortably.