Chuck Schmidt wrote:
> Mike Self wrote:
>
>> This is my own listing - I'm selling it for a friend. When I
>> discussed the
>> frameset with her, she said she bought it new in about 1983. I
>> listed it as an
>> 83(?). The only obvious number stamped on the frame is an M2 stamped
>> on the
>> right rear dropout.
>>
>> Someone (a CR member ?) emailed & said they thought it was earlier
>> (74-77).
>> Their comments about the cable guide treatment made sense so I listed
>> their
>> email in the auction & changed the dates.
>>
>> My Italian frame knowlege is close to zero (yes next time I'll do more
>> homework). I'd appreciate it if someone could date this frame for
>> me. Sorry if
>> the webpage address is not in the correct format; this is the first
>> time I've
>> posted one of my own auctions on the list.
>>
>> Auction #230027771525
>>
>> http://ebay.com/
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mike Self
>> Cincinnati, OH
>
>
> Mike, the frame looks like the two frames I have from the early 1980s
> (1980-81 ?), so I think your friend had it almost right. I basing
> this on the the straight (non-biconical) seat stays and the "COLNAGO"
> pantographed seat stay caps, fork crown with club and "COLNAGO" cast
> in the top. The biconical seat stays that Colnago used in the 70s had
> their widest point at the brake bridge; they got smaller from that
> point to the top and to the bottom. I think around 1982-3 they started
> stamping the chainstays "COLNAGO."
>
> My opinion... 1980-81?
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, Southern California
> http://www.velo-retro.com
>
> .
I think you've nailed it, Chuck. It's newer than '78-'79. Here's
http://ebay.com/
Phil Sieg
Knoxville, Tennessee
USA