Originally Posted by
smaltycbr
Thanks Gary,
I think you may be able to see it now. I drove to the classic vintage jumble sale in Dressel Belgium from The Hague in Holland last weekend and meet some people I know who restore a lot of early colnagos. Each one never saw a bike like it. It has a colnago stamp on the drop out so it should be able to be traced.
That bike has a number of curiosities. the sleeve to the bottom bracket from the seat tube, that would account for the small seat tube diameter.
Those have to be the deepest COLNAGO crimps I have ever seen on chain stays.
The graphics package looks like part of an aftermarket paint job, they are from an earlier era to my eye.
That is about it. Unusual. Not sure about the prototype angle, more like a design exercise for some reason.
The only other Colnagos I have seen that just look odd but are probably legitimate were the ones for the 1980 Olympic Soviet team time trial squad.