well this time i have something completely different than talking about my vintage bikes. i just had a great conversation with one of americas best frame builders yesterday. this guy has been in the business for a very long time and is just a fantastic guy to talk with. no ego problems or anything like that for a person with his great reputation. anyway, during our conversation we got talking about italian frame builders-yes this guy owns a 60s masi speciale(trying to think of a way to get him to sell it to me). the big news to me is that he said ernesto colnago never made a frame in his life-or something very close to that.
i always thought that colnago built merckxs bikes and many others. does anyone out there know about this? did and does colnago in fact have other craftsmen build bikes and he sticks his name on them?
i know this is done all the time, i just never heard that colnago never built bike frames himself. there is no reason for this guy to make it up and he definately would know. anyway just thought id share that with you and maybe get some more info. on this. thanks again as always. joe