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02-16-13 | 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Senhor Colnago

Thanks, Kactus. I have several sets of NOS SR brakes of various vintages. The first gens had missing fasteners. Eventually I want every part of this bike to be correct. Meantime I want to build it and ride it a bit first. Next to my '84 Nuovo Mexico, this is the most elegantly spidery, minimal bicycle in my collection. Without a rider in place, it's difficult to see just how delicate these frames were!

Here are those four beefy Russians astride their Colnagos during the 2-hour race:

The amazing thing is that those spindly bikes can hold up the weight. What does Colnago guarantee their road bikes for these days,100 kilo.
Those guys look like 100 kilo per leg.

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