Personally, I don't have much interest in Colnago vintage bikes that were built after "colnago" was pantagraphed on the upper part of the seat tube. There are other aspects of archaeolgical interest on Colnagos that help date them and they have been dealt with at length by astute and knowledgable CR members. The DeFlaminck Colnago would hold zero interest to me even though I admire that great rider of Gios bikes and who could never complete one Tour de France. We must remember that Ernesto Colnago was a great publicist (vis the gold plated bike he presented to the Pope) and wasn't directly involved in building by the mid 80's. His story is rather unlike that of Sante Pogliaghi or Cino Cinelli, two great men indeed. Roland Porter , Hinsdale, Illinois-------------- Original message --------------
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> Is the mid-'80's Colnago de Vlaeminck a particularly unique or sought
> after model?
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> Walter Nash
> Tucson, Baja AZ
> USA