Mr. Walsh,
I think your SLX was called a "Conic," and there was also a 650c model
available, a "Conic Jr." Just kidding about the last........
Davi dFeldman
Vancouver, WA
> Hi Martin and CR list,
> I would say a Colnago International is a 1982-'85 or so bicycle.My
understanding
> is they were sold as complete bicycles,about mid level Colnago with Omas
parts
> group "autographed" by Ernesto Colnago....from the saddle to cranks,etc.
> I sold one at Cirque 2002 to Mark Poore. A very small 48cm. size. The red
of the
> Colnago I sold appeared a deeper red than the one shown on e-bay. A friend
showed
> me a Colnago advertisement from around 1982 showing the Colnago
International as
> a complete bicycle.The tubeset was Columbus as I remember. It appears that
the
> Colubus "dove" logo is just barely visible in one of the e-bay photographs
for
> Item #1870715112. It was a neat looking bicycle. The bicycle I had was
equipped
> with a six speed freewheel, so it seems odd to have a 130mm spacing for an
early
> to mid-80's bicycle,as advertised on the auction. Maybe, Mark still has
it?
> Yours truly,
> Martin Walsh in Vienna,Va.
> P.S. I'm still trying to get a model name for a Colnago I bought recently
circa
> 1990 with Gilco syle tubing(on one tube only) and Columbus SLX
tubing,spaced
> 130mm. No model name was listed on the frame.Wayne B., do you have your
ears on?
> REClassicBikes@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Can any one put a date and tubing type to this Colnago frame on ebay.
Thanks.
> >
> > Item No 1870715112
> >
> > Regards
> > Martin Coopland