The hole was there on 71's. My '71 has it, and my bike has a feature that overlaps with the 72's (club in the fork crown), so I'm fairly confident mine is indeed a '71 and not a '70. Also, there are plenty of pics of Eddy on Colnagos with the hole, and as these are Molteni bikes and Eddy didn't ride for Molteni until '71, I take this as another strong indication that this feature was present on '71 Colnagos. Another feature that distinguishes '71 from later bikes is that '71's have the clamp-on BB cable guide. The '72's I've seen or heard of have the braze-on guides, though I have heard of at least one exception. Supers, of course, do have exceptions when it comes to detail overlap between model years.
Ed Granger Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
_____________________________________________________________________ Barry wrote: I have a bike that I just purchased as a 1971, looks to be that . the one thing im not finding on any of the dating lists is the hole in the lug under the seat cluster.? i really have found no mention of this in the archives or on any of the compiled frame detail lists.
I don't recall having this on my 73' . On the Cr Colnago page Greg Softley's 69' does have this hole.? There is no shot of the lug from that angle of Bob Freemans 71' Colnago.
Was this something only used in 69-70, or was it there in 71 on up?
Sorry if this repetitive but if anyone knows I'd appreciate your help. Maybe those who have compiled the detail lists could add this to the lug section.
The bottom headtube lug is also the thinnest lug I have ever seen at the downtube!
thank you very much
Barry Scott
Mount Shasta CA USA