FS: Colnago Master Bicycle

ROOG

My Colnago Master for sale, high spec Italian steel road bike, with chrome forks, stays and lug detailing. 

By my measurements the Top tube centre to centre approx. 55cm. Seat tube approx. 57cm

Bike is in very good condition, few small touch ups and has some rust pitting on chrome lugs where cables rub, some scratch marks on crank set.

Specification predominantly Shimano Dura ace 10 speed components.

Wheels are Mavic Open Pro 32 spoke with Dura ace 7800 hubs
Crankset Dura ace FC-7950 compact 50/34 172.5 crank length
Brake levers Dura ace flight deck, (brakes connected left lever to front brake)
Brakes Dura ace BR-7800
Front Mech Dura ace FD-7700
Rear Mech Dura ace RD-7800
Saddle Selle italia
Cassette Shimano 105, 12-27, ten speed.

Buyer to collect from Bristol UK , asking for £1250

Benson

Beautiful!

Telejester

Colnago or ciocc, you cant go wrong.

Benson

What's the weight out of curiosity?

ROOG

Benson said:

What's the weight out of curiosity?

@Benson it is a lovely bike, you know i havent weighed this one, it seemed rude to! it feels slightly heavier than my carbon bianchi c2c,which is 8.3kg, but oddly i find it easiier on steep hills. Must be the red paint!

ROOG

Telejester said:

Colnago or ciocc, you cant go wrong.

@Telejester agreed, both have character. The only bike of mine that gets complementary comments at the lights!

thermionic

Have a bump on me, because I've just finished rebuilding my 1999 Master! Steel bikes like that don't vary much in weight, probably be a shade over 9kg.

A frame like that needs Campagnolo though...

strumjoughlamps

thermionic said:

A frame like that needs Campagnolo though...

lol as soon as I looked at the first pic I thought 'bet it has Campag'.. I was wrong..

lovely bike though

Legionreturns

Beautiful bike... And I've just sold one so I have room in my stable. Unfortunately I need a 61cm. Glwts though, that'll be snapped up in no time. 

If on the off chance you decide to split... I might be interested in some parts. Was thinking about putting dura ace on my cx bike and could do with some more wheels for one of my road bikes

ROOG

thermionic said:

Have a bump on me, because I've just finished rebuilding my 1999 Master! Steel bikes like that don't vary much in weight, probably be a shade over 9kg.

A frame like that needs Campagnolo though...

Hi @thermionic, yes I think you might be right at around 9kg. You are probably right about the Italian group set, but the Japanese stuff works so beautifully. strumjoughlamps said:

thermionic said:

A frame like that needs Campagnolo though...

lol as soon as I looked at the first pic I thought 'bet it has Campag'.. I was wrong..

lovely bike though

I'm not sure how unusual it is to find shimano kit on a master, agreed it isn't quite the right look but I can't fault the functionality. Legionreturns said:

Beautiful bike... And I've just sold one so I have room in my stable. Unfortunately I need a 61cm. Glwts though, that'll be snapped up in no time. 

If on the off chance you decide to split... I might be interested in some parts. Was thinking about putting dura ace on my cx bike and could do with some more wheels for one of my road bikes

Thanks @legionreturns I need to thin out my collection, initially I chose to sell this one because it gets the least use, but now I am beginning to think about selling my commuter a Bianchi, and use the master a little more. You may be right about splitting the bike up, but I haven't the heart to do this. I shall keep it posted for a while longer, its on a couple of cycling sites, but there are a fair few out there.

Legionreturns

That's the sort of bike porn that should come out every single sunny day of the year! 

My go to posing bike is the one in my picture... 

Scott addict 15 di2 with many upgrades... 

ROOG

You're right, @legionreturns I should just get out and use the thing! 

I enjoy joy upgrading bikes too, I find it easier than changing guitar pick ups etc, perhaps this is more to do with my engineering background. 

Although i I haven't ventured into the world of electronic shifting I have tried it and was very impressed by the repeatability and ease of use. Have you found it to be reliable over time?

Legionreturns

Absolutely stunning. Never have to index, no cables to stretch and the battery lasts a good thousand miles. I've upgraded mine with a d-fly unit which means I can see current gears and battery level on my Garmin screen, as well a using the hidden buttons on the shifters to control the Garmin without taking hands off. I always feel like I'm slumming it when I go back to mechanical on my other bikes now! 

ROOG

Legionreturns said:

Absolutely stunning. Never have to index, no cables to stretch and the battery lasts a good thousand miles. I've upgraded mine with a d-fly unit which means I can see current gears and battery level on my Garmin screen, as well a using the hidden buttons on the shifters to control the Garmin without taking hands off. I always feel like I'm slumming it when I go back to mechanical on my other bikes now! 

Sounds as good in practice as it is in theory, I like the idea of seeking the gear selection on the screen!  I know that some people 'pooh poohed' the concept of having to charge a battery for a bike to work, but to my mind we do that anyway for our phones and Garmin gps so what's the problem with just one more battery?

Agreed, one of the big benefits of e-shifting is lack of stretching and dirt gumming up the cable runs. May be one day for my bikes. :0)

Oddly, the rear shifter on my master is fitted with a shift indicator, I'd not seen one before. A section of the outer cable is removed and a clear plastic section, (like a short tube) is fitted in between the two sections just before the levers. A little red bead is slid over the inner cable and it moves up and down a graduated scale inside the clear section. Its absolutely daft and looks like a weak point, but it kind of works!

AlexO

Wish this was a 52! Stunning bike