Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Vintage Colnago

I was hanging in Coffee Slingers in downtown OKC yesterday morning. It's next to my favorite bike shop, Bicycle Alley. All of a sudden I get a tap on my shoulder. It's Tyler from the shop. They just had a guy bring in an old Colnago for a tune up. It was given to him.

Tyler wanted me to take photos of it. So I went home, got my gear and came back. I was shocked at what I saw.

I'll let the photos say the rest.....









6 comments:

EB said...

HOT HOT HOT Hologram Action!

erik said...

campy delta brakes are pretty incredible, if awful to adjust.

One of these days, I'd like a bike with some vintage c-record.

well done.

munsoned said...

Yeah, that rear derailleur makes me drool. Too bad there aren't more companies designing bike parts. You got the big 3, then random, usually one of a kind not for sale parts by small groups.

erik said...

velo-orange sells some neat simplex derailleurs, http://www.velo-orange.com/deandsh.html , but I haven't tried them--might be cool for a city bike build with some friction shifters, but anymore all the cool cats do singlespeed and fixed for that sort of thing. I believe simplex was the first to patent the modern rear derailer, could be wrong.

of course, there is always the huret jubilee for beauty.
http://www.classicrendezvous.com/France/parts/Huret/huret_jubilee_drilled.html

erik said...

on the topic of vintage-yet-awesome;

rod shifters, tony pereira makes them for about 300. I'm thinking the atlantis might get one of these if i ever have that much money again.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aalpern/410196684/

Apparently, they weigh significantly less than any other front derailer setup. EB needs one on the la cruz.

Biker Bob/Runner Bob said...

Very nice. Makes me want to finish building up my Colnago. It looks so sad hanging on a hook in my garage.