Nice catch. That is a Colnago Arabesque.
Karen Rawls Winchester VA USA
On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 5:05 PM, pstock <pjstock@gmail.com> wrote:
> There's an old joke that goes something like this.
>
> A man rang the doorbell of a mansion on day. when the owner answered, the
> man explained that he was looking for a spot of work, any chore, so that he
> could buy a meal.
>
> The homeowner, taking pity, said "OK, come on through. out in the garage
> out back you'll find a paint brush and a can of green paint. You could give
> a coat of paint to the porch out back."
>
> and the man happily headed out to the back of the house.
>
> About an hour later he returned, said he was finished and thanked the
> homeowner. "But" the worker added "I should tell you. That's not a Porche
> back there. It's a Ferrari."
>
> I was reminded of this joke when I purchased the "Blizzard" labeled bike
> shown in the photos:
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/
>
> The ebay sale only had one photo and in it I could just see a bit of
> lugwork with what looked like a Colnago pantograph thingee. So I took a
> flyer on it (as it was also my size.)
>
> what do you figure? some youngster asked his dad if he could paint one of
> the bikes in the garage?
>
> Can anyone enlighten me on this model?
> the lugwork seems more ornate than I have usually seen.
> and there is a slight scallop to the tubing.
> any idea if the forks are Colnago originals?