Colnago Master Restoration: Reviving a Legendary Italian Steel Road Bike
In this video, I restore a true icon of cycling history — the Colnago Master, one of the most legendary road bikes ever built by Colnago, the Italian brand founded by Ernesto Colnago in 1954. The frame is built from Columbus steel tubing in Colnago’s signature star-shaped profile (Gilco Design), paired with the legendary Campagnolo C Record groupset, released in 1984 following the passing of Tullio Campagnolo.
Follow along as I strip the bike down to the frame, restore the chrome lugs and fork, revive the original paintwork, rebuild the Campagnolo C Record drivetrain, dial in the Campagnolo Delta brakes, and take it out for a first ride after the full restoration.
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Tags/Keywords: Colnago Master, vintage road bike restoration, Campagnolo C Record, steel frame bicycle, Italian road bike, Columbus steel tubing, retro bike build, classic bicycle restoration, Colnago history, vintage cycling
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23 Comments
Super Job . Wieder ein tolles Rad bereit für die Straße. Und schön das du wieder was von dir hören lässt. 👍
Thanks for making these videos for us. They are great to kill time and/or to learn a lot. 👍
Neo-retro bulid would be nicer with this Colngao imo.
Moin….ahhhhhh, es geht wieder weiter😬
Tolles Rad, tolle Restauration 👍🏻
Schöne Grüße Alex ⚓️
The plastic pedals were killing me – blasphemy
It’s like he’s saving them by making sweet beautiful love to them😭😍👏👏👌🤤🥳🫶🏼
Young man, you are not rebuilding a bike, you are creating a masterpiece 🥰👏👏👏👏🍾
Superrrrr,endlich🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉Sie haben uns gezwugen so lange auf die neue Restauration zu warten!!!ich freue mich sehr auf das Video,das Fahrad ist sehr schoen ❤❤❤
The bike wasn’t ridden for a long time most likely due to the gearing and the frame is very small. I bet the head tube is about 100mm or less. Nice woke though.
😍😍😍😍👏👏👏
As always: great video. Two questions:
1) What size is your ultrasonic cleaner?
2) What are you using in your videos to polish and fix bearing cones and other surfaces?
Thank you.
Who doesn’t start a project like this by giving the entire thing a good wash 🙄.
nice restoration , good job man !
The bike barely has any rust, only dust, if it was where I live there would be nothing left to restore.
Great video! The dirt on that bike looks 100% REAL not fake like a lot of things on Youtube look. I don't mean to be negative but you shouldn't clamp 'any' bike by the top tube as they aren't designed to withstand clamping forces. I can imagine the star profile exaggerates that problem. I understand the fluted seatpost makes clamping hard to achieve and I only learnt this myself last week but it makes sense so I thought I would share. Thanks.
Click bait! Künstlich verranztes Rad gereinigt, sonst nix! Wen wollt ihr eigentlich verarschen?
Bei 13.30 den rechten Schalthebel falsch herum montiert! 😂😂😂 Später ist er korrekt drauf! 😂😂😂😂😂 Wat n Scheiss 😂😂😂
Man I love watching these old bikes come to life. Wouldn’t mind having one of those bikes
Given the age of the bike, I guess a light coating of mud/cement makes a great rust inhibitor?
I don't hunger and thirst for a Campagnolo-equipped bike from that period. The mid-80s marked the beginning of Campag's long decline to what is now a distant third place competitor (behind Shimano and SRAM). Shimano's Dura-Ace of that time was a far-better groupset and shifted MUCH better– all at a lower price.
You just don't see this kind of artistry in modern bicylces any more. Thanks for bring this gem back!
Such a wonderful bicycle
My first bike I had an opportunity to buy one similar except it was green and white. I kick myself to this day for settling