Wish I had access to my Bicycling magazine collection

I want to say 1982 or 1983. The Superissimo and Profil CX were part of the same full-page ad Colnago put out for a few months. Both frames were represented in chromovelato in the ad. In any case, if memory serves the Profil CX was indeed the precursor to the Oval CX, and the precursor to the Profil CX was the Nuovo Mexico - the first of Colnago's frames to feature crimped tubes in the main triangle.

The only thing that makes me wonder about this particular complete bike is the fork - the Profil CX boasted its own special fork crown and blades at one point, but I'm sure that even the earliest models would have used the other fully-sloping fork. This one has the typical semi-sloping (almost flat) fork crown seen on most Supers from the early 70s through to the early 80s. I suspect the fork is not original to the frame.

A C&V member was actually thinking of snapping this one up until I passed along that little tidbit of info. Personally, I'd hold out for an Oval CX, but that's just me - I really like the details of the BB shell in particular on the Oval CX. The Profil CX is almost a dead ringer for my Nuovo Mexico save for the different placement of the gear lever boss and a bit different fork.

Hope this helps. I'll try to scare up a scan online of the Colnago ad referenced above.

Still and all a very nice score!

DD