Originally Posted by
well biked
My opinion is that it was pretty rude of "blaise_f" to so blatantly hijack the thread with a bunch of his own pics and questions. I realize he started a thread in the appraisals forum and no one responded, but that should just be a clue to start another thread in regular C and V, not elbow in on another poster's ID thread. My gosh, it's not like they charge you to start a new thread.
+10 Start your own thread. Also, your bike is not a Colnago, as was pointed out in your other thread.
To the OP: If you think any components are original, check for date codes. All the Shimano stuff will have codes, as will many other parts. The only problem with using date codes is once someone changes components on their bike, the codes are not very useful. But some parts are less frequently changed: seat posts and stems, which often have codes. And I have found date codes on steering tubes as well.
+1 I think that bike is a lot older than 1999.