Colnago CT1
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fatfixie":xuh3v17m said:
It is, yes. I do have some documentation for it, but in any case it would be hard to see anyone else going to the trouble.
bc
beancounter
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John":3g7urff8 said:
Yes it is. Pleasant chap.
I hadn't considered ITM, I'll have a look at it.
bc
WR Compositi made the top-end Colnago branded stuff, where the lesser models were ITM at the time. The CT1/2 is basically a titanium front triangle mated to a C40/C50 rear end - apparently the original was made for Michele Bartoli when Colnago supplied Mapei. The front triangle was outsourced to Russia and the material is equivalent to 6/4 alloy. The original models were polished metal with paint, but was changed to fully-painted from 2002 onwards. Mine is polished metal with a custom WC stripes paintjob - I'll post a photo - it still sees regular race duties. Matt Seaton rides one too.
beancounter
Dirt Disciple
For what it's worth I think I may well go with ITM, especially as I was supplied with an ITM/Colnago stem.
I have some Deda carbon items I was thinking of using but I just don't think they will look appropriate on this frame. I'll save them for something else.
For the groupset I have Record alloy chainset, Chorus alloy brakes and front mech, Record carbon shifters and Chorus carbon rear mech.
Saddle is a Selle Italia Flite gel flow.
Any further comments or advice entirely welcome, and thanks for all the posts so far.
bc
I have some Deda carbon items I was thinking of using but I just don't think they will look appropriate on this frame. I'll save them for something else.
For the groupset I have Record alloy chainset, Chorus alloy brakes and front mech, Record carbon shifters and Chorus carbon rear mech.
Saddle is a Selle Italia Flite gel flow.
Any further comments or advice entirely welcome, and thanks for all the posts so far.
bc
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beancounter":2d8010rs said:
I have an NOS black 1 1/8 Colnago headset (NOS as in fitted to frame but removed before sale) that would be perfect on this.
I also have an ITM Millenium seatpost I have no particular attachment towards, on my cross bike that I could replace with a Ritchey WCS I'm not using. But maybe it's not pretty enough for your project. It's certainly well used.
PM me if interested.
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