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Mark Buswell San Francisco, CA
On Aug 16, 2006, at 6:42 PM, devotion finesse wrote:
> I once read that the Pope returned the Colnago to Ernesto because,
> while he was indeed a fan of cycling, he believed that he would
> have gotten more use out of a "city bike". Ernesto then built this
> city bike and presented it to the Pope, although I have never seen
> a photo of it. Anyone?
> Also, I heard that the golden Papal Colnago was one of 3 built at
> that time. Does anyone know the whereabouts of any of these bikes?
> Matthew Bowne
> Brooklyn, New York
>
>
>> From: oroboyz@aol.com
>> To: gtsoftley@ozemail.com.au, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>> Subject: [CR]Colnago ORO bike for the Pope...
>> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:42:55 -0400
>>
>> Greg:
>>
>> FFIW, I "heard" that the practice is that someone (manufacturer,
>> etc) "gives" the Pope a conspicuous fancy item... then, after all
>> the publicity has had a chance to take effect and a respectable
>> amount of time has passed, the item is given back to the giver, in
>> return for a nice cash donation to the Church. So Colnago
>> receiving that bike back for permanent bragging rights was
>> possibly not a surprise to anyone...
>>
>> Anyone have additional insight on this? Steven Maasland?
>>
>> Dale Brown
>> Greensboro, NC USA
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gtsoftley@ozemail.com.au
>> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>> Sent: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 6:51 PM
>> Subject: [CR]Colnago gold
>>
>> Hi crew, am contemplating a Colnago Mexico Oro project and wish
>> to know
>> if any of the CR mob have an idea of the timeframe that Colnago
>> changed
>> its Oro finish from a gold chromovelato to actual gold plating. Have
>> been studying late 70s and early 80s Mex Oros for a while and have an
>> '80 catalogue which has the Oro gold chromovelato but have seen later
>> ones with what seems gold plating mainly on the stays. The plating
>> looks
>> as though it may only be 18k or less in quality. Would also
>> appreciate a
>> comment on the Pope's bike that he most graciously handed back -
>> wanted
>> a bike with fenders, lights, soft saddle and city bars for doing laps
>> around the Vatican. I can just visualise him riding with a bell,
>> streamers from the grips and a skirt guard so as his purple robes
>> wouldnt get caught in the chain and a huge grin on his face. Did
>> Cinelli
>> make him a special hairnet that covered his mitre?
>> Greg Softley
>> Coffs Harbour
>> Australia
>>
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