All things Colnago

[Cippo]

C40 HP with diamond chain stays.

[Cippo]

@ DJR......

[Cippo]

C50 variants – introduced 2003-04. made famous by guys like freire and popovych.

• mk-1 – as noted above, C40HP with 1.125" front-end spec and larger tube diameters in the main triangle. HP/B-stay rear triangle carried directly over from C40HP. introduced sloping top-tube option.

• mk-2 “superlight” – the mk-2 introduced high-modulus carbon and shorter lugs for a nominal weight reduction (revised lugs particularly noticeable @ the seat-cluster, but also at the head-tube and BB). the HP-stay chainstays were reshaped to be slimmer and more gracefully curved (the C40 HP-stays are bulky and almost square in cross-section, whereas the updated superlight C50 HP-stays are trimmer and more rounded in cross-section). during the transition to mk-2 configuration the C75 fork was introduced. the final examples were found with english-threaded BB inserts (still titanium, though). note: there are a small number of “transitional” C50s that have been spotted that mixed mk1-mk2 lugs and chainstays

• mk-2.5 – produced in relatively small numbers and known as the "C-50HM" to highlight use of high-modulus carbon that was introduced on the mk-2. this variant just has minor graphics tweaks – red in the “C50” and added “hm carbon fiber” lettering.

[Cippo]

Extreme-Power/Extreme-C – introduced 2007. made famous by guys like zabel, petacchi, and rasmussen.

• replaced master-profile main tubes with round-profiles. replaced the diamond-cutout HP-stay chainstays with 4-lobed chainstays.

extreme-c was a climbing-specific variant with less beefy main-tubes to save weight for the wee little grimpeurs. bottom-bracket

went from ITA to BSC, still in titanium though.

[Cippo]

To commemorate Ferrari's 60th anniversary in 2008 Colnago released the CF4 which used an Extreme Power frameset with the legendary Campagnolo Record 10spd gruppo and Lightweight wheels. Only 60 were made.

[Loose cog]

Hey Cippo thank you for posting the above history. I am certainly greatful for the history lesson and will bookmark this for later reference.

[Cippo]

Hey Cippo thank you for posting the above history. I am certainly greatful for the history lesson and will bookmark this for later reference.

I'm also just learning but I do like reading up on all the history. The inter webs are so full of guys with blogs and reviews sharing their knowledge. It's so much easier being able to find information on these older models. 

[DJR]

Hey Cippo thank you for posting the above history. I am certainly greatful for the history lesson and will bookmark this for later reference.

Me too 

[CAAD4]

Awesome bike, but not in that colour thanks. It even makes the Kia Rio look good.

[Cippo]

This beauty is for sale in classifieds.

[HeyYou]

Innovative advertising!!!!

 

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[DJR]

 

Where? Don't care how much!

[Patchelicious]

To commemorate Ferrari's 60th anniversary in 2008 Colnago released the CF4 which used an Extreme Power frameset with the legendary Campagnolo Record 10spd gruppo and Lightweight wheels. Only 60 were made.

Saw one in the Rapha shop in Soho last week.

[Nakoota]

Been waiting for 22 years to post this, ever since getting my first Peugeot road bike in 1996 

[Loose cog]

Stunning bike, very lucky mate. Enjoy the ride and make sure to give us poor boys a review.

[Cippo]

Been waiting for 22 years to post this, ever since getting my first Peugeot road bike in 1996 

Congrats. Now you need to get a C40 to see where it all started. When you done with that you gonna need a Master for some nostalgic Sunday rides to the coffee shop.