I missed part of the thread, but Colonago did produce some bikes labled as Colnago that had the funky pantographed parts, including chaingring, that is shown in the famous photo of Merckx siting next to his bike labled Merckx but which is clearly a Colnago. There were Molteni versions of this bike, as well as baby blue versions.
Supposedly on some of the versions there was a special Merckx decal on the downtube - I'd love to learn more because I have one of these blue ones that is decaled as a usual Colnago but the downtube decal is missing - the original owner described the funky Merckx decal that came off - I'd love to know what itlooks like.
I have also been told that Rolls sold some of these Colnago bikes as a special Merckx version as well. It would be great to know all the varieties of these things that Colnago offered.
Mike Kone in sunny Boulder Colorado.
> In a message dated 3/29/04 7:39:51 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> chasds@mindspring.com writes:
>
> > the one in the brochure I have *was* made by Colnago. Not Kessels. This
> > one predates Kessels. Colnago made all the Molteni bikes for awhile, at
> > least, that's the story. What the real story is I wouldn't know. I think
> > Ernesto remembers things a certain way... as in, not always accurate. But,
> the
> > bike in the brochure I have was definitely made by Colnago, and was marketed..
>
> I'd love to see a copy of the brochure, is it dated? I'm pretty sure Colnago
> did make those team bikes. I know someone with a piece of literature that
> delineates what years Colnago made team bikes for exactly what teams. In the
> next
> week or so, I'll try to get a look at it and post a list, to the list. If I
> can, I'll get a scan and send it to Dale for inclusion in the site.
> Stevan Thomas
> Alameda, CA