Trying to help an old woman sell her husband's stuff. What do I have here?
Let me know what other pictures you'd need. I don't see much on it that looks like a model. No size sticker either. Didn't see any obvious stamps but I'm sure I missed something.
It's around 60cm but maybe a hair smaller. All I had to measure was a felt 54cm frame to hold next to this.
The fork is carbon. It has a sticker on the top tube that says "ELS Expensive lightweight shit" which I assume was added but seems odd for the guy. He wouldn't put something like that on it.
Thanks for any help
by teakettle87
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Looks like a bicycle to me.
Is that a colnago? Is it red?
But in all seriousness, that’s a nice road bike. Check with a magnet, I bet it’s a steel frame, and colnago never made anything with gas pipe. The groupo on there looks to be a mix of original 7400 series dura ace with 7800 series dura ace.
Honestly, you would be able to get several hundred bucks for that bike, possibly a grand.
If you’re going to ride it then fit the front wheel properly. The front hub is only half engaged in the dropouts.
I’m no Colnago expert but I don’t see any of Colnagos clover leaf emblems anywhere. To me that is a sign it is a different brand frame with Colnago stickers.
I’m no expert on vintage Colnagos, please take what I say with a grain of salt, as I’m just repeating what I found on Wikipedia. Since it’s a frame made from Columbus tubing, I think it narrows it down to Super Version 1, Mexico, Super Version 2, Nuevo Mexico, Tecnos, or Master. I tried looking at pictures of these models, but none of them stand out to me. I’m mainly trying to find a similar frame where the seat tube clamp angles up like this one. Top comment in this link by firstoff has a lot of good info on identifying Colnago’s. [https://www.reddit.com/r/bicycling/comments/10dpzi6/help_me_identify_my_vintage_steel_colnago/#lightbox](https://www.reddit.com/r/bicycling/comments/10dpzi6/help_me_identify_my_vintage_steel_colnago/#lightbox)
I don’t think it’s a real Colnago frame or fork. I’ve been a Colnago dealer for 25 years.
There are some nice components on it. I’d base its value on that rather than the frame unless you can find it in a catalogue.
Also if I had to guess on the material, looking at the rear end and dropouts it looks like brushed titanium with cut dropouts not chromed steel with forged dropouts.
That meat be a decent bike but not a Colnago at all.
She’s sexy. That’s fur sure aye
Art!