somewhat daily mutterings

/Cycling Colnago Frame Purchase

Well, I bid on a mid-90's Colnago frame on eBay, and won. I went over my $300 limit a little bit, but nothing too horrible. The sale of my old Cannondale frame for $175 sure softened the blow, so I'm not losing any sleep over it.

colnago bike frame

Colnago Frame (picture from eBay listing)

I've already started buying the extra components I'll need in order to build it up. Even though my boss gave me the Dura-Ace drivetrain, there are still a lot of bits and pieces needed to make a complete bike. From Performance, I bought some Shimano MTB pedals (I use MTB pedals on all my bikes, mountain and road), a Thomson seatpost, and a Flite saddle (what else?). From Excel sports, I bought a set of Ritchey Design bars (46cm c-c) and some Deda bar tape (white, naturally).

Vecchio's, in Boulder, is building me a set of 36-spoke commuting wheels with Velocity rims, Ultegra hubs, and DT spokes, which will go on my Serotta commuting bike. The Open Pro/Dura-Ace wheels that are currently on the Serotta will go to the Colnago.

Naturally, I'll post pictures here once the bike is built up. It may take some time, since next weekend is my anniversary, and the following weekend I'm doing a motorcycle trip out to Ouray.

Posted: Sat Jul 10 14:37:55 -0700 2004

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