Colnago C40 Art Decor - I almost cried

[Bats]

But he doesn't want a mountain bike. He wants a Colnago with suspension.

 

[BigFoz]

Nothing wrong with customizing a bke to make it more user friendly. Pre-refurb, my Superissimo ran a rack and mudguard(s) (The front clearances were so fine I took the mudguard off in case a fag paper jammed it up...)

Rack and guards were fitted via Blackburn eyelets, poked through the dropouts. Worked extremely well, but clearances were always a problem, especially aroun dthe brakes.

Pre-Refurb commuter spec


post Rebuild:

 

[stringfellow1946]

I assume that is a 26 inch wheel in the front?
Question is why have a carbon frame (light) & then hang a pair of heavy ATB Suspension forks on it?
Looks like a triple Chainset as well.
Maybe he uses it off road??
Now just needs a pair of knobbly tyres fitted to complete the abortion.

I agree with johnsqual
"this bloke could sell that frame
to someone who'd enjoy it for what it is, and use the money to buy an
old MTB frame of something that would be much better suited to what he
wants. Everyone's a winner."

 

[hamster]

I agree it does look like making a Porsche 911 into a pickup. However I also sympathize with it being ridden rather than being owned by collector who pleasures himself by cleaning it and considers it too rare to ride.

 

[PANZR]

I've been told by someone at work that apparently a cyclist riding a blue touring bike was struck by a car 50km out of town on Saturday

More info if I get it

 

[BigFoz]

StringFellow - not sure that is a 26" in the front - it looks very similar to the setup used by Lemond and Dcloss-Lasalle in Paris Roubaix, also the hub / rim make it look like a Mavic Helium wheel, which was a 700c. The forks sit higher than std, so the front of the bike looks like a 26" but may only be from the extra height / clearance for fork compression.

 

[kaiser]

Without closer inspection I'd say that was a Manitou Mars Super 26" fork, It has been bodged with what looks like a bit of plate fashioned to pick up the canti bosses and allowing a hole to be drilled to accept the calliper brake. I'd imagine that this hasn't taken into consideration any of the braking forces that a front brake can exert! I'd also hazzard that such an increase of the A-C for the fork has slackened the headtube angle to such an extent where tearing the headtube is a real concern. People worry about fitting too big a fork to a steel mtb never mind an early carbon framed thoroughbred race bike. I'm not suggesting that the travesty is the bike being ridden but the fact that its likely to either half in two or come to an abrupt halt(or not) probably at a rate of knots when its least wanted

 

[stringfellow1946]

StringFellow - not sure that is a 26" in the front - it looks very similar to the setup used by Lemond and Dcloss-Lasalle in Paris Roubaix, also the hub / rim make it look like a Mavic Helium wheel, which was a 700c. The forks sit higher than std, so the front of the bike looks like a 26" but may only be from the extra height / clearance for fork compression.

Just had another look & I think your right that could well be a 700c wheel in the front
The Suspension rubbish thankfully only lasted a couple of years in paris roubaix. I believe Ernie refused point blank to allow any of his sponsored teams to use Suspension forks on his bikes, And guess what he was right!! The Mapei guys won it on the normal straight road forks! How many times??
Like I say "IF IT AIGN'T BROKE, THEN DON"T FIX IT!"

 

[PANZR]

I've been told by someone at work that apparently a cyclist riding a blue touring bike was struck by a car 50km out of town on Saturday

More info if I get it

May never know for sure as there's no desciption or details of the bike but...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/9 ... r-Amberley

 

[Bats]

Without closer inspection I'd say that was a Manitou Mars Super 26" fork, It has been bodged with what looks like a bit of plate fashioned to pick up the canti bosses and allowing a hole to be drilled to accept the calliper brake. I'd imagine that this hasn't taken into consideration any of the braking forces that a front brake can exert! I'd also hazzard that such an increase of the A-C for the fork has slackened the headtube angle to such an extent where tearing the headtube is a real concern. People worry about fitting too big a fork to a steel mtb never mind an early carbon framed thoroughbred race bike. I'm not suggesting that the travesty is the bike being ridden but the fact that its likely to either half in two or come to an abrupt halt(or not) probably at a rate of knots when its least wanted

Brake drop bolts are fairly standard well tested bodging, sheldon brown approved...

I don't think the head tube is much of a worry either, people are bothered about it on mtbs because they go riding over tree stumps and rocks and shit. I don't think speedbumps are that league of stress.

This is a silly thread. Why be so aghast someone actually rides a bike? I bet the owner is a wizard and I'd love to meet them.