1998 Colnago Titanio, Mapei team paint
08-28-14, 04:00 AM
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1998 Colnago Titanio, Mapei team paint
For @SJX426 @gaucho777, the Colnago. When I moved to France I wanted a road bike, so my last UK pay check went on this. It was sold by the shop I got it from to a 'collector', for at the time, the equivalent of nearly 4000€. Must have best bike it doesn't get ridden often type. Looking at it I could believe it, it still had the original tape on the bars. Sadly no photos, but apparently less than 2000km ridden. The photos without the green highlights (next post) are from the week I bought it.
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Without a doubt one of my grail bikes! Great find!
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08-28-14, 04:23 AM
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Thanks! Taking the pics made me realise how dirty it is... 
08-28-14, 05:21 AM
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Lucky you to find such a beautiful bike . I am big fan of Colnago bike , specially in Mapei color . I have a Colnago EP in mapei color .
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@MiloFrance - Thanks for the hit! I know of a person who has a TI Colnago with the dual DT configuration. He got it at a good price because one of the two DT's joints failed. He had it repaird, as any one would who appreciates the marque, and had it repainted. Looks stunning as does yours.
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Just....... WOW!
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@MiloFrance - Thanks for the hit! I know of a person who has a TI Colnago with the dual DT configuration. He got it at a good price because one of the two DT's joints failed. He had it repaird, as any one would who appreciates the marque, and had it repainted. Looks stunning as does yours.
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Awesome bike. Thanks for sharing. 
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A lot of them have had that issue - especially the goofy twin dt model. I personally knew of three Colnago ti frames and none of them are around now, though none was the model above with the massive DT. I've never been clear on who made these, but think they were sourced from Eastern Europe. I do not think they were made in house. Maybe Sandvik.
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YES! Ernesto was really good at that!
08-28-14, 12:43 PM
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What a crazy-@ss machine. On any other bike, I'd say "Dang, that's an UGLY saddle!" but somehow it fits right in, here.
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08-28-14, 12:47 PM
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Thank you all, it's always nice to get compliments even if it's not directly at me! The saddle was not as comfy as my old Ti railed MTB saddle from the 90s, so I swapped it. Keeps the embroidery sweet too 
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I love the likely rider specific custom paint some of the coollest likely eraned race stripes I have ever seen.
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Beautiful
This truly is one of the most beautiful bikes. Do you still have it?
I'm actually in the process of buying one and was wondering if you could shed some wisdom on a reasonable price?
It doesn't have the original saddle and the group seems to be Chorus but other than that she has everything as was except for a carbon Time fork, though the original fork comes with it, thankfully!
Regardless of the price, I'm heart wet on buying this one and have already set a meeting for it. Just curious about honest price as they seem to vary wildly online and you have the exact model I'm getting.
Hope you're enjoying France mon ami.
I'm actually in the process of buying one and was wondering if you could shed some wisdom on a reasonable price?
It doesn't have the original saddle and the group seems to be Chorus but other than that she has everything as was except for a carbon Time fork, though the original fork comes with it, thankfully!
Regardless of the price, I'm heart wet on buying this one and have already set a meeting for it. Just curious about honest price as they seem to vary wildly online and you have the exact model I'm getting.
Hope you're enjoying France mon ami.
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I’ve heard rumors about who the actual builder was that was sub-contracted to build the various iterations of Colnago titanium frames. Could anyone fill in the blanks in this history?
Also, in the archives of “vintage” titanium frames there were always the to be avoided wet noodle designs. On the Titanio I see a diamond extrusion top tube which makes me think that this variant was not a wet noodle (like the awful Teledyne Titan).
Also, in the archives of “vintage” titanium frames there were always the to be avoided wet noodle designs. On the Titanio I see a diamond extrusion top tube which makes me think that this variant was not a wet noodle (like the awful Teledyne Titan).
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I’ve heard rumors about who the actual builder was that was sub-contracted to build the various iterations of Colnago titanium frames. Could anyone fill in the blanks in this history?
Also, in the archives of “vintage” titanium frames there were always the to be avoided wet noodle designs. On the Titanio I see a diamond extrusion top tube which makes me think that this variant was not a wet noodle (like the awful Teledyne Titan).
Also, in the archives of “vintage” titanium frames there were always the to be avoided wet noodle designs. On the Titanio I see a diamond extrusion top tube which makes me think that this variant was not a wet noodle (like the awful Teledyne Titan).
t was absolutely gobbling up the road and feeding it through to me like salted butter. Top drawer comfort.
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Already well known as a frame-builder for COLNAGO, Vidmantas “Vitas” Zukauskas has been building best-selling frames from the mid-90s, going by the names Monotitan, Ovaltitan, Ovalmaster, Master BiTitan, CT1, etc.
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Any idea where I could find the same saddle or the Cateye Mitsy 3 Mapei computer?
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