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Bikes: Colnago C50

Originally Posted by dyander
Join the club, besides the top of each page, most of these are repaints, just not that cool 80's speckle job like yours. Is that all Dura Ace? What vintage?
I think mine is about a 73 but don't know for sure. Models didn't change every year like they do now.

I bought it used for $200 directly from the Condor shop. This was for the whole bike! It had Zeus cranks and 28 hole Zeus tubular wheels (pretty rare in mid 70s since 36 hole were the norm). It was just a single chainring up front (55T I think) and some high geared straight block in back, like a 13-17.

I had CycleArt repaint it in about '85 and remove some braze-ons and put on others. I told them I wanted it pastel pink with violet and turquoise confetti scattered on the frame. This was the time when Miami Vice was hot and when Don Johnson rocked a pastel t-shirt and a white sport jacket. Gaudy paint jobs were just starting to come on strong and I was at the forefront!

I built it up in the mid/late-80s with early Shimano 1st generation index for the derailleurs - Dura Ace I think (I am too lazy to go out to the garage and look). But the crank was Campy N.R. and the brakes were Modolo. I tried to get as many of the components in black as I could (rims, bar, stem, brakes). I don't think I changed anything since the 80s rebuild.
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