This is why I love Colnago!

nicensleazy
nicensleazy Posts: 2,310
edited April 2009 in The bottom bracket
This is why I love Colnago.........take a look!

http://insider.bikeradar.com/colnago/vi ... in-detail/


Hand made in italy!


Enjoy!

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    This is a video from the front page of bikeradar??
  • nicensleazy
    nicensleazy Posts: 2,310
    yes, just see it.......fantastic!
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Erm, most people who wanted to see it will have done upon opening bike radar when it was one of the headlines a month or so ago...

    The paint looks great but some of the schemes are terrible.

    You can't beat the solid colour with white bands colour scheme IMO, like this EPS-



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  • Gavin Gilbert
    Gavin Gilbert Posts: 4,019
    I tried a C50 at the Bikeradar day at Hillingdon back in November. I discovered that not only do Colnago look lovely, they ride lovely too.

    It's not the sort of information I wanted to know :?
  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    That EPS does look class but also reminiscent of the Motorola schemes of the 90s

    Might I suggest a look at the Serotta paint schemes on their website. We have one in a scheme called'Inferno' that was an $800 option ( I didn't pay for it). Some of those Colnago schemes are nice but some look dated.

    There used to be a colngo dealer in California who could get your Colnago custom sprayed to match whatever you wanted
    M.Rushton
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Atlantic Boulevard can do any colnago paint scheme (and someone on here actually thought it better quality than the original) and I'm tempted to get that Erik Zabel scheme put on my winter bike by him...
  • Chip \'oyler
    Chip \'oyler Posts: 2,323
    Looks like Ernesto has produced something to finally dispel the internet rumour about the location of manufacture of his high end frames.
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  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    It was me that mentioned the paint job Atlantic Boulevard did on my Colnago - large scale painting operations require water-based paints for environmental reasons, which are more brittle. My AB paintjob is better quality and more durable than any 'factory' finish.
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • fossyant
    fossyant Posts: 2,549
    If AB are that good, they may get my two steel bikes to repaint at some point, one has a unique paint scheme that will be hard to reproduce.....
  • guilliano
    guilliano Posts: 5,495
    Have to say I do like the traditional look of the EPS. Just looks so much classier than the complicated colour schemes of a lot of bikes these days
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  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    I like the chunky fella with the Colnago headband. Wonder how long he's had that or if it's ever been washed. You would think Ernesto could give him a new one...
  • nicensleazy
    nicensleazy Posts: 2,310
    I thought the same!
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    fossyant wrote:
    If AB are that good, they may get my two steel bikes to repaint at some point, one has a unique paint scheme that will be hard to reproduce.....

    I'm sure that'd be a challenge he'd relish!
  • heavymental
    heavymental Posts: 2,094
    When you look at those Colnago videos it makes you wonder what the difference is between that and if the video was made in Taiwan doesn't it? I mean, I guess the only difference is that the factory would be bigger and instead of the chunky guy and the bloke with the mullet it would be a couple of Taiwanese fellas doing the cutting, drilling and assembly instead? Not major differences and not really a problem for me I don't think! The end product would be the same assuming the processes and QC were the same.

    Having said that...I started drooling over a Master X Light after watching the vid. I don't think I'd ever spend 2.5k for a carbon frame but would love to own a steel Colnago and its just about affordable.
  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    But if you are going to high end italian steel, you should be visiting Bario Pegoretti and get something genuinely hand built
    M.Rushton
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Some of the Pegoretti paint schemes are stunning, in a bad way!
  • nicensleazy
    nicensleazy Posts: 2,310
    Its nice in a way that the top end Colnago frames are still made in Italy. I personal feeling that Pinarello has a mass produced feel about it and lost some of that Italian hand build quality. I'm pleased the company has made this video and once and for all put all the roumers to bed!
  • Chip \'oyler
    Chip \'oyler Posts: 2,323
    Heavymental wrote:
    When you look at those Colnago videos it makes you wonder what the difference is between that and if the video was made in Taiwan doesn't it? I mean, I guess the only difference is that the factory would be bigger and instead of the chunky guy and the bloke with the mullet it would be a couple of Taiwanese fellas doing the cutting, drilling and assembly instead? Not major differences and not really a problem for me I don't think! The end product would be the same assuming the processes and QC were the same.

    Having said that...I started drooling over a Master X Light after watching the vid. I don't think I'd ever spend 2.5k for a carbon frame but would love to own a steel Colnago and its just about affordable.

    Do factory's in Taiwan build frames the 'old fashioned' way? ie do they cut and mitre tubes and join them to lugs? I thought they were the monocoque specialists?
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    You cannot beat a Colnago or a Pegoretti paint scheme.

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  • Sirius631
    Sirius631 Posts: 991
    nicensleazy wrote:
    Its nice in a way that the top end Colnago frames are still made in Italy. I personal feeling that Pinarello has a mass produced feel about it and lost some of that Italian hand build quality. I'm pleased the company has made this video and once and for all put all the roumers to bed!

    The top-end Pinarellos are still made in Treveso, Italy. My FP5, however, is Taiwanese but I can't fault the finish. I prefer the sleek, unlugged look with blending tubes, to the rather plain look of Colnago.

    Looking at the Colnago video, I was worried about the number of times the frames were handled without gloves. I know that as these frames are carbon they won't rust, but won't there be greasy deposits that would interfere with paint bonding?
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  • balthazar
    balthazar Posts: 1,565
    Sirius631 wrote:
    Looking at the Colnago video, I was worried about the number of times the frames were handled without gloves. I know that as these frames are carbon they won't rust, but won't there be greasy deposits that would interfere with paint bonding?

    They will undoubtedly have cleaned the frames with gentle degreaser and tack cloth or similar, between coats. Better have done, anyway.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    The problem with the Pinarello paint scheme is that is looks 'mass-produced' and 'forumlaic'. They have little individuality, class or artistry.

    The other problem is that despite the array of exciting colour combinations available, people almost always opt for the Red and White version which probably 90% of Pinarello riders have - not very original.
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