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Old 10-12-14 | 10:01 AM
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Trinidor
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Bikes: 2006 Specilaized Roubaix Pro, 2010 Ridley XBow, 2002 Surly Crosscheck, 2011 Trek Top Fuel 9.9 SSL

Originally Posted by Gary Fountain
Yes that's similar but the frame in the photo has crimped tubes - You can see the crimp in the top tube and it is probably a Colnago Nuovo Mexico Profil - these bikes were used by the Del Tongo team around 1983 and were made famous by Bepe Saronni - World Champion in 1983. Yours doesn't appear to have crimped tubes like the one I own. The Mexico / Supers of that era didn't have crimped tubes.

Your frame has a sloping front fork crown which I think was introduced to the Mexico range around 1983.

I have enjoyed the following website as it is written by a well known bike enthusiast - Ray Dobbins:

http://www.raydobbins.com/misc/Colna...go_catalog.htm

In Ray's explanation he refers to this page:

http://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...additions.html

This site may be of interest too:

Colnago Gallery

And there is a great Flickr site that looks at classic bikes with lots of Colnago's:

https://www.flickr.com/groups/1368725@N23/pool/
Hey Gary, thanks again for the info. I've checked all the sites you've mentioned. Seems like the bike is either a Super or Mexico, as you suggested, around 1985, pretty impossible to tell which one.
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