Originally Posted by
Picchio Special
I know this sounds like a weird longshot, but I'm thinking that it could, in fact, be a Colnago. Sad to say, Colnago did perpetrate some pretty image-shattering bikes on the purchasing public at one time, especially in Europe. Seems to me that anyone who could fake the Colnago decals could just as easily fake some Columbus decals, too.
More likely, I think it was built to be a counterfeit Colnago, rather than starting life as something else and being re-decaled. There are quite a few of these out there, too.
Do you really think so? This bike is really light and has some high quality components, but I've never seen any Colnago with these letters on the fork crown. If it is......damn! I too agree with you on it probably being build up initially as a fake, but either way, it seems like it was and is a decent bike.