![]() I messaged the seller and asked if they were prepared to sell the frameset alone. ![]() In February, a complete bike came up, with one major problem its price tag. I had to find one.įrom my research I knew the frame came in three sizes and from the size chart, I knew I needed to find a Medium. Like the rising tide, so too was my desire. I trawled time trialling forums, read old articles and looked at old catalogues. There were a couple of Flight seatposts, including one in that colour, but no bikes. I set up an eBay alert for “Colnago Flight” just to keep an eye on the market. No different for me these retro builds are dangerous territory. If you read some of the forum’s there you’ll get the sense that there is an obsessiveness and pursuit of perfection which verges on the unhealthy. LFGSS provided endless examples of beautiful builds and input from helpful folks. An M800 rigid frame MTB which I bought when I was 15 and an R800 with that arse that I couldn’t get out of my head. And then a friend of mine who rides a C64 said I should build up a Colnago.ĭuring lockdown I had spent time stripping and restoring/upgrading a couple of 90’s Dale’s. Colnago Serial Number Chart series#The rear triangle on the 2.8 series (named as it weighs 2.8 lbs), the Lefty, Headshok, Silk Road. ![]() The geometry of Cannondale in the 90’s and into early 00’s which today seems so timeless, but then, was ahead of its time. That classic red with yellow font of Saeco Cannondale. Surely this can only be the result of watching Super Mario in Le Tour aboard his CAAD4 complete with Spinergy’s before they were banned. I have mostly been a loyal Cannondale rider, apart from a couple of years on the saddle of a Specialized. ![]() Despite being unbuilt, apart from EC 90’s and a set of TT bars that fluoro-tangerine/matt black combo… I didn’t even really know what a Colnago was. I saw it first and it took my breath away. Standing in the snow, looking in the window of Wheels on Bloor, in Toronto’s west end. ![]()
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