Hi Brad,
It has already been confirmed on this list by multiple owners, that the panto'd fluted seatstay cap appeared as early as '77. That is not to say that ALL Supers & Mexicos came that way, and in my observations.....most didn't. I too thought approx. 1980/1 was when the panto'd caps appeared, until other members offered contradictory evidence.
quote: <<So I'm figuring that Colnago changed from fluted-seatstay-caps to flat-caps-with-"Colnago"-molded-into-them (like on David's bike!)sometime between mid 1980 and the print date of the Summer '81 Bikecology catalog>>
David's bike does NOT have "flat-caps-with-"Colnago"-molded-into-them " ! :-) His are fluted. To my knowledge, the first Colnago that appeared with flat seatstay "Colnago" caps was the '83 Superissimo. Interestingly, some of the magazine ads for the '83 Superissimo specifically say that the it comes with fluted seatstay caps. Maybe some did come with fluted, but every Superissimo I have seen has flat.
I am aware of the August '80 article, I even had it bookmarked. I can only speculate that they had one of the frames that did not receive the panto'd seatstay caps.
Marc Boral Long Beach, CA
-------Original Message-------
From: bradford stockwell
Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 6:16:24 PM
To: mbikealive@dslextreme.com; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Help with a Colnago ID: still 1981?
>I don't believe '80/1 had longpoint lugs like David's has. Longpoints are
>a '70's indicator.
SEATSTAY CAPS GO FROM FLUTED TO LABELED IN 1981?
On page 99 of the August 1980 issue of BICYCLING!, there was a roadtest of the Colnago Super written by Michael Kolin (famed co-author of the 'Custom Bike Book').
This roadtest shows a picture of a Colnago Super with fluted seat-stay caps and just to put a point on it the caption below the picture states: "Colnago
uses fluted seatstay caps, an allen key seatpost binder bolt and brazed on cable guides."
So I'm figuring that Colnago changed from fluted-seatstay-caps to flat-caps-with-"Colnago"-molded-into-them (like on David's bike!)sometime between mid 1980 and the print date of the Summer '81 Bikecology catalog.
Brad Stockwell Palo Alto
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