I only wanted an old frame to mate onto my indoor magnetic turbo-trainer to save shredding the rear tyre on the roadbike.
There seemed nothing close to home until this "Replica Colnago" turned up on ebay. I bought it and on collection
the story was that the frame had been purchased in good faith as a Colnago and then equipped with good items so
that it could be ridden in an Eroica event. Apparently it was not allowed because it was a fake.
It was obvious, looking at it, that is isn't a "good" frame and to stop it masquerading as a Colnago I decided to
strip off the stickers and black paint and give it a quick spray-over and mount it on the indoor trainer.
The black rattle can paint had been applied over a white undercoat/primer, was up to 1mm thick in places and came off quite easily using a stanley knife blade. What was revealed was a fancy original paint job. There is no visible rust and the chromed bits are excellent. No mudguard lugs so it was probably originally sold as a "racing bike".
Two bottle carrier mounts, brazed on gear shifter mounts, front shifter mech brazed-on mount and hidden rear brake cable fairings were fitted.
There are no visible stamped numbers on the frame or lugs so probably went through manufacturing with a card label tied to it for eventual colour and specification. The colours are deep red (a bit like the British Leyland Maxi
damask red (the worst car I ever owned!), a pearlescent white/silver for the main parts of the frame tubes with
green trim faded in on the top and down tubes. No decals remain. The rear chainstays to the seat tube fixing
may give away the maker to those people who can remember these details.
Any clues to who made this (not very lightweight) frame and rough date will be appreciated.
There seemed nothing close to home until this "Replica Colnago" turned up on ebay. I bought it and on collection
the story was that the frame had been purchased in good faith as a Colnago and then equipped with good items so
that it could be ridden in an Eroica event. Apparently it was not allowed because it was a fake.
It was obvious, looking at it, that is isn't a "good" frame and to stop it masquerading as a Colnago I decided to
strip off the stickers and black paint and give it a quick spray-over and mount it on the indoor trainer.
The black rattle can paint had been applied over a white undercoat/primer, was up to 1mm thick in places and came off quite easily using a stanley knife blade. What was revealed was a fancy original paint job. There is no visible rust and the chromed bits are excellent. No mudguard lugs so it was probably originally sold as a "racing bike".
Two bottle carrier mounts, brazed on gear shifter mounts, front shifter mech brazed-on mount and hidden rear brake cable fairings were fitted.
There are no visible stamped numbers on the frame or lugs so probably went through manufacturing with a card label tied to it for eventual colour and specification. The colours are deep red (a bit like the British Leyland Maxi
damask red (the worst car I ever owned!), a pearlescent white/silver for the main parts of the frame tubes with
green trim faded in on the top and down tubes. No decals remain. The rear chainstays to the seat tube fixing
may give away the maker to those people who can remember these details.
Any clues to who made this (not very lightweight) frame and rough date will be appreciated.
