eBay: what's this then? Colnago?
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spandex
I love Dr D
I don't have the cash
Downtube shifters are OK. There are two bad things
(1) It is possible to whack them with a knee while going up a really steep hill. This means either that the chain gets stuck across the block while going from 42x25 to 42x11 followed by clipless fall into hedge or the chain makes it to the 11 and the rest of the climb is done at a cadence of about 12 rpm.
(2) when you ride your other bike which doesn't have downtube shifters the right arm is forever hunting about for non-existent gear levers.
(1) It is possible to whack them with a knee while going up a really steep hill. This means either that the chain gets stuck across the block while going from 42x25 to 42x11 followed by clipless fall into hedge or the chain makes it to the 11 and the rest of the climb is done at a cadence of about 12 rpm.
(2) when you ride your other bike which doesn't have downtube shifters the right arm is forever hunting about for non-existent gear levers.
Smokin Joe
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Bit of an antiquated old heap, not too well cared for either by the look of that gear cable.
spandex
I love Dr D
SJ a bit of TLC and it will be good as new
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get it and spend some cash on a new groupset. it would be worth it on such a beautiful bike.
Smokin Joe
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Not with a colour scheme like that it won't. Colnago must have built it during his "Puke" period.alecstilleyedye said:
No matter how good it might have been in it's day, a fairly budget end offering from Trek or Giant would probably give better performance now. Not worth spending cash on upgrading it unless you specifically want a retro machine.
Smokin Joe said:
I'm not convinced it is a Colnago....whilst the decal on the seat tube is classic Sarronni era with the logo on the side it's way to high up the tube to me....plus of course the lack of anything on the downtube. Also old steel Colnagos had two brake cable braze-ons on the top tube not three.
mickle
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Rob S said:
I was right there with you until you got to the cable guides, mines a late eighties and has three. I don't think it's a Colnago, he's saying unknown make. Either he can't read or he knows it's had a 'sticker upgrade'. The fork has what looks like a 'HiTen' label on it and I can't believe that Ernesto would ever have installed Exage. Willing to be proved wrong but personally, I wouldn't touch it.
mickle
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Sorry, I didn't mean to turn your world upside down but yes.Rob S said:Really? A steel frame? that's not a low profile?
It's a Super, which I think was the cheapest one they did @ the time. So. Not actually very Super at all....
