Re: [CR] Colnago Saronni on E-bay

(Example: Framebuilding:Norris Lockley)

From: <jeff-arg@bizwi.rr.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:08:31 -0500
Subject: Re: [CR] Colnago Saronni on E-bay


The Saronni was a special model of Colnago, built in honor of Beppe Saronni winning the 1979 and 1983 Giro d' Italia races. It was a commemorative model, much like the Roger De Vlamaenk (RDV) Colnago bike of the period, which celebrated Roger's multiple wins of the Paris-Roubaix.

The Saronnis were typically made of Columbus SL. I have one and it is built with SL tubing. I don't know why the e-bay bike has an Aelle sticker. Either the sticker was replaced or later bikes were cheapened.

I think both the Saronni and the RDV were of a decent quality consistent with the contemporaneously built Supers. They were typically well-pantographed, and are, in fact, quite a bit more rare than the ubiquitous Supers.

http://www.bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalogs/colnago/03.jpg

Jeff Pyzyk
Milwaukee, WI