Originally Posted by
repechage
What about the UPPER head lug, shoreline side at the head tube.... not top drawer to me.
Wow - I've been called out on the upper head lug.
Hard too tell from the sticky-paint look. But I agree. OTOH, I don't really expect a Colnago to be top drawer top to bottom - though I do appreciate the fact that some poor Colnago minion spent some time in a cupboard with that lower head lug. It is true, though, that a Colnago head lug probably wouldn't have gotten that much attention stylistically circa 1971 - an era of Super we both appreciate. They definitely went down-hill post-71 or so - but I do notice the lug thinning that went into some of the frames from '74 right up until 1980 or so that wasn't evident previously - even though I think the earlier frames had a more attractive overall aesthetic.