Would this Colnago World Cup 2.0 be a good replacement to my $300 Ozark trail G1 explorer. I’m not looking to spend tons of money on my gravel bike as I truly enjoy my explorer, but having the name colnago would feel good with my Italian heritage. And I’m assuming it would be about 10 pounds lighter than my Ozark Trail. I know it doesn’t have internal cable routing, but since it is a cyclocross bike the cables are neatly rounded on the top tube. All I want is an objective opinion and not to hear once again that I should just get a more expensive bike.
by Resident_Code8319
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If it fits you right, that would be a pretty big upgrade, the 10lb difference can feel like night and day.
These were cool bikes
I, myself, would go and give it a ride. See if it fits. Test everything. Ask the owner questions. Then, I would decide.
Sick ride and a 99% discount can’t be beat!
Honestly? Keep the Ozark, ride the crap out of it and when it’s beat up then go get new or new to you bike. The World Cup looks to be about the 2012 version that’s 15 years on both frame tech, and component tech development that you losing just for an “Italian” connection. But guess what? That frame was produced in Taiwan at best and more likely China. It’s as Italian as the Ozark Trail
So that World Cup was designed for cyclocross. It will have a shorter wheelbase and quicker handling, as well as less tire clearance than a modern “gravel bike”. If that doesn’t bother you, then it’s fine. Also be aware that a 50 cm CX bike may fit more like a 52 (or even a 54) road bike, depending on the brand. Used to be that the higher bottom bracket (for better pedaling clearance in turns) meant an overall shorter seat tube, and for brands that actually sized based on actual (or effective) seat tube length, the “conventional wisdom” was that you size down one or two sizes from road to get your CX size.
I used to ride my old Ridley as a winter bike (this is before the days of Zwift and interactive indoor training), and it was just fine.
Brand new in 2016 the bike sold for $1600. My rule of thumb is that a bike depreciates 10% per year. So it a fair price is $1600 * 0.9^10 = $558. Seems like a deal since it’s got disc brakes and the Colnago name.
I think it would be a *significant* upgrade from what you are riding now.
If you like the aesthetics I don’t see any reason why not to
It’s not junk and the parts are mostly good. It will be a lot faster. The price is very good to great. I would pull the trigger. I think it will lead to more joy.
I have a [world cup](https://www.reddit.com/r/Bikeporn/comments/1kpdorn/always_wanted_a_colnago_built_one_on_a_budget/), maybe a year or two newer model. Nothing wrong with it.
The Colnago was 22lbs new, just for reference. So probably an 8lb savings.