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 Updated 4/24/2006

Colnago, Ernesto
 11 Via Cavour, Cambiago (Milan), Italy

      One of the most successful racing bike builders in history!
Ernesto was a racer in his earlier years, and later served as a team mechanic for the famous Molteni (Sausage!) Team with Eddy Merckx. Colnago bicycles have a current  domination of the Pro team ranks.     Always an innovator, arguably sometimes for effect as much as efficiency, Colnago has built a legend. 


 (Note on serial numbers: After our attempt to deduce the year of manufacture from existing bike serial numbers, the attempt has been abandoned as there seems to be discernable pattern.

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Ernesto's early racing

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Ernesto and brother
prep Merckx bike.

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1971 Team bike
with serious drilling!

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1978 Colnago Mexico
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Famous ORO Colnago!		 wpe10B.jpg (23934 bytes)
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"Mexico" style
Campagnolo
equipment..
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Prime example of
Super Record era Colnago		 wpeDE.jpg (43618 bytes)
Detail, 1983 Oval CX		 wpe26.jpg (26359 bytes)
Rare
"Duall Ergal"
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"Mexico" style 6 arm crankset!

     

        

        

     

Bob Freeman's 1971 Super

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Kurt Wolko's 1970s Colnago Mexico details...

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A very clean full panto bike

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 David Poole's Master "Equilateral."

        

     

Angel Garcia's Oval CX

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Brendan O'Conner's Oval CX

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Mod. "Arabesque"

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Colnago continues today in an extravagant combination
of technology and tradition, and all with a flair for the artistic!

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