#COLNAGO C40 DECALS UPGRADE#

I replaced them with a Super Record Titanium crank in 53/39 with integrated Campagnolo CULT ceramic bearings.ДЄfter getting a slim Thomson X2 -17 stem, replacing the shifter hood with a new original Campagnolo hood and re-wrapping the bars in black, I really liked the front of the bike. The bottom bracket felt rough and the compact Veloce cranks were downright heavy. The UD carbon of the crank makes the clear coated 3k carbon frame really shine and the yellow graphics pop more. But I found out I liked the crank in black. Vintage purists may object, but I'm OK with that.ДЄt first I planned to replace the crank with an original silver Record. I've restored vintage steel bikes back to original condition, and this time I'm not in for the vintage factory look, but prefer to build a neo-vintage lightweight hybrid of some sort.

#COLNAGO C40 DECALS UPGRADE#

My first intentions were to keep the original Record 9-speed group and upgrade the rest to make it as nice, light and fast as possible. I stripped it down to a bare frame, cleaned and re-greased and re-assembled all of the Record parts, scraped of some peeling paint on the aluminum lugs and cable stops and re-touching the aluminum frame parts it with Black Hammerite Straight to Galvanized, wich i think turned out well. The ride is really nice, comfortable yet agile, and using it for a 70k groupride left me wanting to build it up to use as my main bike in fair weather. The right hand hood had a hole in it and theДЄfter using mechanical DuraAce 9100 and Ultegra 8170 hydraulic di2 disc on my other bikes, I was pleasantly surprised by the smoothness and exactness of this now 20-year old 9-speed record groupset. The front wheel had been replaced by a generic black (and heavy) one. The whole cockpit looked a bit of, because of the stem angle and thickness. The stem had been replaced by an unbranded one, which I didnвЂ™t like. The original Colnago cf seat post was included, however it had a longitudinal crack, and had been replaced by a Cannondale carbon post. I set up the purchase by phone and waited for the bike to arrive to Sweden. The bike was the right size with the original Record 9-speed group, bar the crankset that had been replaced by a black Campagnolo Veloce. I searched online for a 56-58cm c40 in 00F, with Record 9-speed, Star Carbon fork, non-B stay and non-HP, since I think that the rear stays of that model retains the classic elegance of a lugged steel frame, yet made from carbon, while the straight blades of the Star fork gives it a contemporary touch.ДЄfter a lot of searching, I found this bike advertised on an Italian classified page, located in Torino, only 160km from the Colnago factory. Browsing images and catalogue scans, I identified it from my memory as a C40 in the color 00F.

Looking at the Colnago Master, I was reminded of the Colnago that my friendвЂ™s father once had. Years later, I had developed an interest for vintage road bikes. But when visiting a friends house, I saw his fathers brand new road bike sitting in the middle of their living room, a brand new Colnago, all carbon fiber with yellow graphics.

As a teenager in the nineties, I was only into mountainbikes.

Colnago c40 decals