I recently acquired an older Colnago Master to go along with my 2001 (or so,) Colnago Classic that is my every other day road bike. When I first saw this bike I was looking at private motorcycle collection that had some bikes scattered thru it. After a couple of visits I broached the subject of purchasing it and the owner agreed. It's my size (55 C to T seat tube, 54.5 C to C top tube) and hits all the right buttons as I raced Italian bikes with Italian components when a road bike had 5 cogs out back. When 6 speed freewheels came out, that was just "crazy". Anyway, I don't know a lot about Colnagos but I knew enough to buy this one. The components are Super Record, including the the hubs, rims are Mavic G40s, the brake calipers appear to be Cobalto. Bars are Cinelli 64s and the stem is an XA, which are both older as the bars are 26.4 as opposed to the repro 26.0 clamp size. Everything is original but the saddle, it's a modern reproduction. I pumped the tires and have ridden it about a 100 miles or so, I couldn't be more pleased.

I'm trying to put a date on it and I know that's tough to do with Colnagos. It has 130mm rear spacing but it also has a curved fork and according to what I've gleaned, the spacing would put it at later 80s but the fork would be prior to 86 or so? It did come with Super Record Pista pedals and clips and I put a set of Looks on it because I'm going to ride it. Now that I think about it, maybe a set of white Keo models might look a little more the part. I hate to say it, but if I start riding it a lot, I'll change the saddle to a Specialized Power Expert as it's probably the best saddle I've ridden in decades (for me). On a recent ride a younger fellow on a new road bike asked me what the "wires" were for coming out of the brake levers