Colnago ID help
11-15-07 | 02:22 PM
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Colnago ID help
so i have read most of the master x id posts and i still dont have an idea of what my bike is. it has been repainted, in a classy way, and the tube decal is gone.
it has the three point chrome lugs, stamped COLNAGO on the BB, all tubes are round, straight blade chrome fork, C and clover stamped on the seat tube/top tube lug as well as the BB lug, round brake bridge, chrome stays, and a 3L214 serial number on the drop out. tubes have no special shape to them. thought it was a master XL, but i dont think it is. i did see it before it got painted and it said DECOR forward on the top tube. and it also had the signature towards the back. thought it may be a technos but tube shape is dif i think.
see photos.
i want the lightest steel frame so i think i may buy a new Master XL.
any help is appreciated!
it has the three point chrome lugs, stamped COLNAGO on the BB, all tubes are round, straight blade chrome fork, C and clover stamped on the seat tube/top tube lug as well as the BB lug, round brake bridge, chrome stays, and a 3L214 serial number on the drop out. tubes have no special shape to them. thought it was a master XL, but i dont think it is. i did see it before it got painted and it said DECOR forward on the top tube. and it also had the signature towards the back. thought it may be a technos but tube shape is dif i think.
see photos.
i want the lightest steel frame so i think i may buy a new Master XL.
any help is appreciated!
Last edited by MAS; 11-20-07 at 09:35 PM. Reason: pics??
11-15-07 | 02:59 PM
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Bikes: '39 Hobbs, '58 Marastoni, '73 Italian custom, '75 Wizard, '76 Wilier, '78 Tom Kellogg, '79 Colnago Super, '79 Sachs, '81 Masi Prestige, '82 Cuevas, '83 Picchio Special, '84 Murray-Serotta, '85 Trek 170, '89 Bianchi, '90 Bill Holland, '94 Grandis
Pics would help, of course. But I will say that if you want the lightest steel frame, you might want to find something TIG welded with True Temper S3.
11-19-07 | 12:24 PM
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11-19-07 | 02:48 PM
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Bikes: '39 Hobbs, '58 Marastoni, '73 Italian custom, '75 Wizard, '76 Wilier, '78 Tom Kellogg, '79 Colnago Super, '79 Sachs, '81 Masi Prestige, '82 Cuevas, '83 Picchio Special, '84 Murray-Serotta, '85 Trek 170, '89 Bianchi, '90 Bill Holland, '94 Grandis
11-20-07 | 09:50 PM
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I can't figure out the issues with your pictures. If you want the lightest steel frame, though, you don't want a colnago, you probably want a Don Walker from Texas. They rock and they are as light as anything I have seen...
11-21-07 | 06:14 AM
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Bikes: '39 Hobbs, '58 Marastoni, '73 Italian custom, '75 Wizard, '76 Wilier, '78 Tom Kellogg, '79 Colnago Super, '79 Sachs, '81 Masi Prestige, '82 Cuevas, '83 Picchio Special, '84 Murray-Serotta, '85 Trek 170, '89 Bianchi, '90 Bill Holland, '94 Grandis
My best guess would be a Superissimo. You didn't get a gander at the tubing decal perchance? Does that bike have an oversize downtube?
Number two guess would be Elegant (maybe EL-OS - i.e. a full oversize tubeset?)
My hunch is that "Decor" refers to the paint, i.e. some type of special scheme/finish or set of fancy paint options (the kind of stuff Colnago is/was known for), as it seems to have appeared on a variety of models.
Number two guess would be Elegant (maybe EL-OS - i.e. a full oversize tubeset?)
My hunch is that "Decor" refers to the paint, i.e. some type of special scheme/finish or set of fancy paint options (the kind of stuff Colnago is/was known for), as it seems to have appeared on a variety of models.
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11-21-07 | 01:21 PM
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good guesses. it is one of the two. i just dont think i remember there being any technos decals on it before it was painted. from what i can find, the superissimo didnt have decals besides colnago.
oh well. i love the way it rides, thats why i bought it. not for what the name was. funny. i used to make fun of the original owner for always talking up his fancy euro trash, over priced italian bike. then i rode it. i bugged him for over a year to buy it. it had three years of rack dust on it! he caved.
thanks again fro your help!
matthew
oh well. i love the way it rides, thats why i bought it. not for what the name was. funny. i used to make fun of the original owner for always talking up his fancy euro trash, over priced italian bike. then i rode it. i bugged him for over a year to buy it. it had three years of rack dust on it! he caved.
thanks again fro your help!
matthew
