Hi everyone
Recently acquired this Colnago which I'd be grateful for your help to identify its year and to confirm the model.
Stickers indicate it's a Colnago Master, but I am not certain, because...
1) It has an Columbus SLX sticker, and I always thought that Masters were SL.
2) The gear cable router travels beneath the bottom bracket and many Masters were braized on top.
I appreciate that point two is debatable, as gear cable routing would have changed, but my research hasn't yet yielded the same design...
The frame's clovers are all nicely cut on the BB and the top of the downtube (only) and the Forks have very good embossing too. Lugs look very much in keeping with Colnago / Master designs
Sadly I cannot find a frame number in any of the usual places (drop-outs, or BB), but apparently Colnago weren't entirely reliable with numbering their frames anyway. However the fork tube has three stamps 1) "US", 2) "83" and 3) a columbus dove. Could this mean it was a US export built in 1983?
The reason for wanting to find this info out? I'd like to get it re-sprayed in keeping with the original era (has this frame been resprayed or is it original?) and to build it up with original era components.
Anyway - hopefully the following Flickr link will work where there are 18 images - https://www.flickr.com/photos/148819514@N06/
I'll await the forums help and expertise.
Thanks in advance...
Recently acquired this Colnago which I'd be grateful for your help to identify its year and to confirm the model.
Stickers indicate it's a Colnago Master, but I am not certain, because...
1) It has an Columbus SLX sticker, and I always thought that Masters were SL.
2) The gear cable router travels beneath the bottom bracket and many Masters were braized on top.
I appreciate that point two is debatable, as gear cable routing would have changed, but my research hasn't yet yielded the same design...
The frame's clovers are all nicely cut on the BB and the top of the downtube (only) and the Forks have very good embossing too. Lugs look very much in keeping with Colnago / Master designs
Sadly I cannot find a frame number in any of the usual places (drop-outs, or BB), but apparently Colnago weren't entirely reliable with numbering their frames anyway. However the fork tube has three stamps 1) "US", 2) "83" and 3) a columbus dove. Could this mean it was a US export built in 1983?
The reason for wanting to find this info out? I'd like to get it re-sprayed in keeping with the original era (has this frame been resprayed or is it original?) and to build it up with original era components.
Anyway - hopefully the following Flickr link will work where there are 18 images - https://www.flickr.com/photos/148819514@N06/
I'll await the forums help and expertise.
Thanks in advance...
