Hi Wouter, Nice frame, but what is it that you are trying to identify? It's clearly a Colnago, and probably from the early 1980s (as you have already surmised) because of the scalloped seat stay top with COLNAGO pantographed into it. The shaped tubing was just the beginning of Ernesto's love for unique and wow-inspiring frame features, still visible in his bikes today. It likely would have come with a full Campagnolo Pista gruppo, if sold as a complete bike when new ... but I understand that many were sold as framesets only. Not much more to say about it, except that I'd like one for myself, please!
Ciao, Mark Agree Southfield MI USA ~ ~ ~
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:21:11 +0100 From: "Wouter K." <dmscrew@gmail.com> Subject: [CR] Calnago pista To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Hi All,
>
Please take a look:
> http://www.flickr.com/
> http://velospace.org/
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> As far as i know its an early (to mid) 80s colnago pista frame. The
> downtube and the toptube are crimped. Just like the mexico but in this
case
> they have profiled the tube 4 times. The seattube is made of thicker
metal
> and has an "hourglass" behind the bracket. I bought the frame without the
> famous columbus decal, ive reason to believe its a "normal" blue/ gold
> SL-tubing decal, correct me if im wrong. The paint by the way is origina
l,
> same as the silver/ green line on the tubes. I hope someone can identify
the
> frame!
>
> Thank you very much!
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Wouter Kars, Tilburg, The Netherlands