Colnago Sport

[midlife]

Looks smart . just out of curiosity what model is it with the 3 top tube cable guides?

 

[woodbutcher]

With the wheels on you can see the very close clearances. Look at the angle of that head tube. It looks fast just standing still.
I hate to tell you how much I paid for it. Dates from 1987.

go on whisper it !!

 

[biggs682]

Looks smart . just out of curiosity what model is it with the 3 top tube cable guides?

No idea trying to do some investigation as most only have 2 guides ?

 

[midlife]

No idea trying to do some investigation as most only have 2 guides ?

Sport rings a bell ?

 

[Cycleops]

go on whisper it !!

Fifteen quid.

 

[woodbutcher]

Fifteen quid.

Funniest thing lve seen all day

 

[biggs682]

Sport rings a bell ?

We might never know

 

[woodbutcher]

We might never know

3 top tube cable guides maybe sports but aggressive head tube angle says not sports '' very interesting my dear Watson''

 

[Illaveago]

I guessed Colnago ! It should look nice once touched up .

 

[rogerzilla]

I think the lack of a headset is making the fork lean a bit...it's not really that tight!

 

[biggs682]

I think the lack of a headset is making the fork lean a bit...it's not really that tight!

It's got a headset in .

I guessed Colnago ! It should look nice once touched up .

Tempted to build in as is condition and see what it rides like , then think about a refinish

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

That must be the most severe head angle geometry I've ever seen on a bike. Hate to imagine how twitchy it would be to ride.
A crony of mine owns a Master made of crimped Columbus tubing as a pub hack bike (don't ask, he's not quite the full ticket!) and I'm sure the geometry on that looks pretty mild compared to this one.

 

[biggs682]

General census after crawling the net is that it's most likely a Sprt made model made under licence by BMZ .

Dropped it at my local bike shop to see what they can with the bottom bracket threads and we can go from there

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

Is it the sort of quality frame you'd expect to see; i.e. double-butted Columbus? I can't believe how little clearance there is between the tyre and the seat tube. Looks like if you picked up a bit of sticky tarmac from the road, it would touch the frame!
The Master frame I alluded to above has absolutely no serial numbers on it anywhere, and no sign of any having been filed off. I even checked the forks where they go inside the head tube. It's extremely light though, definitely not a gas pipe dressed up snide copy.

 

[Specialeyes]

Yup, that looks every inch a Colnago Sport and a really nice find

For comparison, here's one just like it in Germany.