Speaking of Colnago Oros, an acquaintance from Germany sent me some nice photos of his bike and I've got them uploaded to my site for those interested in seeing a little more detail on these rare beasts.
Link here:
http://chainedrevolution.com/
Cheers, Tam Pham Huntington Beach, CA - USA
On 7/30/07, gholl@optonline.net <gholl@optonline.net> wrote:
>
> Not only was the bike presented to the Pope full Campagnolo Super Record,
> the frame was fully gold-plated!(As were many Colnago "Oros" presented to
> various royals, and other celebrities, etc., over a period of years-I don't
> believe Clapton was among them, however)
> Whether the Pope wasn't a fan of bike-bling, or whether he wasn't up to
> riding a full race bike, I don't know, but, in any event, he gave the bike
> back to Colnago for a more conventional model.
> The returned Oro bike is currently in Colnago's showroom in Cambiago where
> I saw it some months ago. Sadly, it's quite dilapidated now.
> George Hollenberg MD
> Westport, CT, USA
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "kyle-chrisbrooks@earthlink.net"
> Date: Monday, July 30, 2007 9:57 am
> Subject: Re: [CR]Eric Clapton is a vintage Cinelli / Unica Nitor fan?
> To: David Benson , Tam Pham , CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS
>
> > This is the more correct version of the memory I had of Clapton
> > getting a new bike (20 years ago! Man we're gettin' old, and my
> > memory's going) -- and Dave Martinez said he remembered it from
> > Bicycle Guide, as well. So why was I thinking Ernesto Colnago? -
> > Because he presented a new full-Campy Colnago to the Pope. The
> > Pope. . . Clapton. Hmmmm. . .
> >
> > Kyle Brooks
> > Akron, OH
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: David Benson
> > To: kyle-chrisbrooks@earthlink.net;Tam Pham;CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS
> > Sent: 7/29/2007 10:02:53 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CR]Eric Clapton is a vintage Cinelli / Unica Nitor fan?
> >
> >
> > Last year I wrote a blog about Clapton's Cinelli obsession, with
> > some links to some photos of Clapton hisself 'con Cinelli':
> > http://retroride.blogspot.com/
> > obsessions.htmlTwo of the bikes on Clapton's blog are also on
> > John Barron's Velostuff site:
> > http://www.velostuf.com/
> > http://www.velostuf.com/
> > or John's or neither?
> > DB
> > Ak, NZ
> >
> > http://retroride.blogspot.com
> > http://www.outside-the-tent.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: "kyle-chrisbrooks@earthlink.net" > chrisbrooks@earthlink.net>To:
> Tam Pham ;
> > CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS
> > Sent: Monday, 30 July, 2007 1:05:30 PM
> > Subject: RE: [CR]Eric Clapton is a vintage Cinelli / Unica Nitor fan?
> >
> >
> > Clapton is apparently a big Cinelli fan -- page through that
> > same blog some
> > more and you'll find more evidence:
> >
> > http://blog.honeyee.com/
> >
> > http://blog.honeyee.com/
> >
> > http://blog.honeyee.com/
> >
> > on some of these pages, you might have to scroll down a couple
> > pictures to
> > see the bikes.
> >
> > Thing is, I remember reading years ago (like, 20 years) in one
> > of the
> > cycling magazines -- possibly Bicycling, but more likely,
> > Bicycle Guide
> > (which I liked infinitely better, and subscribed to, and miss a
> > lot) --
> > that Clapton was big into cycling and there was this photo of
> > him taking
> > delivery of a new bike. I don't have the magazine anymore, but I
> > seem to
> > remember that the bike was a new Colnago with the full
> > Campagnolo SR
> > gruppo, and he was taking the bike from Sr. Colnago himself. The
> > articlementioned that growing up he had ambitions to be a
> > bicycle racer, but the
> > music became the bigger deal for him.
> >
> > cool stuff
> >
> > Kyle Brooks
> > Akron, OH
> >
> >
> > > [Original Message]
> > > From: Tam Pham
> > > To: CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS
> > > Date: 7/29/2007 5:23:56 PM
> > > Subject: [CR]Eric Clapton is a vintage Cinelli / Unica Nitor fan?
> > >
> > > By cosmic coincidence (*1), I stumbled onto this page:
> > >
> > > http://blog.honeyee.com/
> > >
> > > Check out the 4th photo down on the blog entry from July 23rd!
> > >
> > > Tam Pham
> > > Huntington Beach, CA - USA
> > >
> > > *1 - I believe I've fondled that exact saddle...
> > >
> > >
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