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Old 02-26-10 | 02:03 PM
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dasti
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Help identifying a "Colnago"

Hi, I've bought this bike few weeks ago for 70 €. It seemed quite sure it's not a Colnago, I just wanted some oldstyle road bike to ride in Eindhoven, Netherlands, where I study for a while. Most of components have been probably changed, so there is Huret front derailleur, Campagnolo Gran Sport rear derailleur, 3ttt handlebars, ITM stem, Campy headset pantographed Falco-Italy, Japanese bottom bracket, SR crankset, Weinmann brakes (type 730) and some Belgian rims on Shimano cogs. On chainring and brakes, there is some amateur drilling.

I expect the wheels, stem, bottom bracket and front derailleur with levers are not original, other parts might be authentic. All the components are in rather poor condition, frame and fork actually as well. I want to build a fixie out of that, though I'm quite sure you guys don't like hearing about that :-) So the frame is most important for me, but I have no clue what it is.

I suppose it is not a Colnago, the decals are obviously made additionally and I guess many people just use some prestigious decals to increase value of the bike. I've tried searching at Classic Rendezvous, but haven't found any frame with exactly the same lugs, which in my opinion correspond with 60s or 70s vintage. On rear dropouts, there is 68560 embossed on the left side (brev. Campagnolo on the right). I guess the first two figures might express the year. There is no pantographing or typical sign in lugs or at the bottom of the bracket shell so I suppose it is not an Italian bike even though many presumably authentic components are Italian. I haven't found any evidence of chroming neither on frame nor on fork.

Thanks for any information, I would be really glad for any hints

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