Wheel set: Campagnolo Shamal / Continental Grand Prix 4000Ĭondition: Pristine condition, original paint and stickers, no dents. Have we said enough now?įrame size: 53cm ct.- ct. A great deal of time and effort went into adorning this race winning device with those distinctive graphics. As for that lavish decoration, we’ll let the photos do the talking.
The lucky rider perches upon a simple and fittingly classic black leather Flite Titanium saddle, itself mounted on an alloy seat post which has been painstakingly airbrushed in the same colours with which the frame and fork were decorated.
COLNAGO C40 CANDY RED SKIN
The bars and stem are by ITM Italmanubri, and the requisite grip at terminal velocity is provided by a fresh wrap of black Lizard Skin tape. Because of course it is! The black base colour of that stunning paintjob is nicely complimented by the black deep section rims of the Shamal system wheelset.
COLNAGO C40 CANDY RED FULL
This lightweight road rocket is assembled with a full house of Campagnolo Record components from the 10 speed era. The lugs too were of carbon, and Colnago went to the not inconsiderable trouble of creating individual lugs for every frame size, as geometry varies markedly with seat and top tube length changes. The main tubes even mimicked the cross section of their Gilco steel forebears from the top-of-the-line Master, with four pronounced grooves along their lengths. The techniques that resulted from that fruitful collaboration made it possible to produce a frame which did not immediately depart from the classic aesthetic, staying with the parallel top tube silhouette which had for so long been familiar, and also retaining the principle of tube-in-lug construction. Team Casino pros who rode just such a C40 include Kirsipu and Lefèvre.Īt the beginning of the ’90s, when Ernesto Colnago developed the C40, so named as a celebration of forty years in the business, he partnered with automobile manufacturer Ferrari, who were themselves exploring new methods of joining the separate structural members of their race car chassis at that time. NOS COLNAGO C40 Gold 24K LIMITED EDITION CARBON NOS EXCELLENT road bike SIZE 58.
The Precisa, C35 and C40 are iconic Colnago bikes that are steeped in history and success.
COLNAGO C40 CANDY RED PRO
Over 100 pro racing teams have used Colnago machines and over 7,500 top competitions have been one by cyclists on Colnago bikes. First tested in actual competition by Tony Rominger, subsequently ridden to emphatic wins by the likes of Fondriest, Museeuw, Tafi and Bortolami, to name but the first of many. Decades on and Colnago stands proud as one of the most successful bike manufacturers in the world. The frame that signalled the departure of steel from the pro peloton, and heralded the dominance of the new wonder material, carbon fibre. With his triumph in the Tour de France, he equals the legendary Eddy Merckx who also won Lige, Lombardia and the Tour de France in 1972 on a Colnago bike.
That says enough already, surely? What more needs to be said? This bike was once the personification of excellence in racing bicycle design and manufacture, the veritable King of the Hill. By winning the Giro di Lombardia, he adds another Monument to his list of victories after Lige-Bastogne-Lige.
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