Other Italian brands have moved production to the Far East but Colnago’s current top model, the C60, still uses the legendary carbon-lugged design and, like its predecessor, is still handmade in Cambiago. FOR SALE Instead he kept the tubes ramrod-straight in the traditional style. In an entire decade, the frame went mostly unchanged, with just the seatstays updated to the wishbone-style B-Stay design and the chainstays reworked to incorporate the HP (‘High Power’) diamond-shaped cut-out that was intended to simultaneously add stiffness and reduce vibration.Įrnesto Colnago knew he had created something special. VINTAGE COLNAGO C40 B-Stay, 64cm, Campagnolo Record components - 3250.00. The C40 remained in production as Colnago’s flagship model, ridden by Mapei and Rabobank at the top level, until 2004. > Icons of cycling: the first Shimano STI gear shift system
Frameset Bianchi Mega Pro Pantani Free shipping. Colnago President frame set frameset carbon HP monocoque c40 c50 extreme eps. Colnago C40 B-stay HP edition frame set with fork. At the same time in early 1996, nine-speed Shimano groupsets were being tested by some riders, including Mapei’s Olano, with the upgraded group being cited for release in September of that year. Ive thought about getting a C50/Extreme C because I love Colnagos (I also have a MXL and CT-1 B-stay - another great bike) but really I am just happy with my C40 and really don think its fair to get another carbon Colnago to take up its time. Colnago C40 frame set frameset carbon HP monocoque c40 c50 extreme eps.
Incredibly Mapei repeated the one-two-three at Paris-Roubaix on board their C40s twice more - in 19. Our feature bike is a standard issue Colnago C40 fitted with eight-speed Dura-Ace parts. > Icons of cycling: Campagnolo Tool CaseĪnd to hammer home their point, the next year Mapei and the C40 effected a clean sweep of the Paris-Roubaix podium with Johan Museeuw, Andrea Tafi and Gianluca Bortolami arriving at the Roubaix velodrome together and crossing the line in formation, all three with their arms in the air. This moment marked the end of the road for steel and aluminium frames. Our feature bike is a standard issue Colnago C40 fitted with eight-speed Dura-Ace parts. Mapei was the team to which Ernesto Colnago gave the C40, and in turn Mapei gave Ernesto Colnago the first Paris-Roubaix win for a carbon bike, with Franco Ballerini in 1995.
However, there was one paint-scheme destined to become the Colnago C40 colourway: the Mapei team livery with its tumbling multi-coloured cubes. Bellerini riding Paris-Roubaix on the Colnago C40.