Thread: Colnago Mexico made for USSR team 100km time trial race at Moscow Olympics 1980
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Old 02-18-13 | 01:04 PM
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From: Marin County, California, USA

Bikes: 1953 Schwinn Green Phantom, 1957 Schwinn Corvette, 1949 Whizzer, 1959 Girardengo, 1980 Colnago USSR Olympic TT bike, 1982 Colnago Nuovo Mexico, 1994 Colnago Decor, 1996 Colnago Decor, 2002 Colnago Carbonissimo TT, 1982 Bottecchia, 2007 Cervelo, etc.

Originally Posted by EhGiOeS
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.
Their human specs were remarkably similar--each was about 5' 10" and 170-180 pounds (which IMO is quite beefy for TT cyclists...)!

My Olympic bike is parked in front of my office desk, next to my other Colnago TT (a C50) and looks OK indoors. The moment I take it outdoors, though, its true fragility becomes very obvious!

I also have an '82 Nuovo Mexico, and although its geometry shares nothing with the Olympic bike, it does give the same delicate, elegant impression!

Here's a YouTube Video of the race highlights:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IouWHoIv38c

BTW, I'm in Marin County, CA, USA.

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