Inspiration

After some discussion with a fellow Colnago lover across the ditch I was introduced to his private collection of Colnago's and all thinks Campagnolo.

Amongst his stable of beauty's I came across this "Master" a NOS Colnago Master dressed in Campagnolo C Record, almost the same as "My Master" from an earlier posting. As you can see this is an amazing example of 1980's steel craftsmanship.

How hot is this black Stallone!!! The Colnago Delta's just finish this bike off a treat, Colnago Saddle, toe straps and engraved 3TTT bars & Stem this bike is 100% Italian from top to bottom!

For those with an eye for detail you will notice the hubs are C Record Sheriff Star high flange road hubs, extremely rare to find these days for track hubs let alone the road version, needle in a hay stack comes to mind.




And it comes as no surprise given their beauty and style, I have come across a front road Sheriff hub but the search continues for the rear road model. The driven train on this bad boy is also Campagnolo, an alloy Campagnolo 7 spd cassette, extremely hard to find and twice as expensive!


The detail in the paint scheme is just unreal, how many bikes do you ever see these days with so much detail and passion put into them, I mean hands on craftsmanship, not just some computer geek play with a CAD program 24/7 in Taiwan to produce the next wonder bike I mean hand painted chromed lugged steel bliss!!!







The only view that other bikes should see off a Colnago, the ass end of it as it rides away from the peleton, as the decal says 10 x world champion, and that was back in 1988, add at least 3 more by Oscar and I'm sure there will be more to come.........

Until then lets just remember the days when steel was real!!!



All photos courtesy of Greg @ Cyclomondo