Wayne,
That's true, by the 80's Colnagos were being produced at an alarming rate. Ernesto is the KING of streamlineing framebuilding for profit. Their reputation fell in terms of quality on account of that. As with Masis, my fondness for them ends about 1975. Pre '75 frames still show lots of character and earlier is better with all of them. Personally, I feel that the advent of investment cast lugs is the beginning of the end of true craftsmanship on frames, in most cases. IC lugs can be reworked, but the whole point of them is to eliminate the work. Thank God Kirk Pacenti was thinking in terms of still allowing some room for style and creativity. I suspect his lugs may be the first and only IC lugs made that way.
Brian Baylis La Mesa, CA
Brian Baylis La Mesa, CA
Wayne Davidson wrote:
> Hi all, well this was a good read as per usual with Brian. I would pass
> on the Colnago's, in the 80's it seemed that quite a lot of riders had
> them here, bit like Ford Cortina's or HQ Holdens, everybody owned one, it
> was nice to see something different like an Alan, Team Raleigh in Red,
> nowadays they are all Avanti's or Giant's they all look the same, just
> like Japanese cars, all look the same, thank goodness for vintage rides,
> so endith the sermon......regards wayne davidson Invers NZ "its midnight
> and I'm working in the morning"