OK Colnago fans, looking for some opinions and experiences. Just kind of thinking out loud here, bottom line looking for opinion on C59 vs earlier lugged frames like C50, Extreme C.
I have 2 Colnago bikes, a 1996 C40 and a 2005 E1. For years the E1 has been my #1 bike, the C40 spent several years in a box because of a bottom bracket issue which I have overcome. I'm still kicking myself for letting the C40 sit for so long (about 8 years) and out of my 12 bikes it now might be my favorite. Most of my bikes are vintage steel and the E1 is my most modern.
Anyway, the E1 is a shade too small for me and it's a long story but I bought it as a parts donor and decided to keep it, tweaked it to fit, loved it, no regrets ever. However my thoughts have turned to getting a more modern Colnago frame in the right size to replace it. I'd a like a lugged frame since I could view my C40 as kind of the "Daddy bike" For those unfamiliar, the E1 is monocoque with a bonded seat stay. My thoughts have turned to the C59, my criteria being lugged, mechanical group set compatible (Campy 10), threaded bottom bracket. I'm not ready for all the press fit BB jazz.
I'm not gung ho about this at this point to drop $3k + on a new frame, so looking used and ideally slightly south of what looks to be the market rate $2k on a used C59. There's an Extreme C available currently for about half this. Fits all the criteria except for it's about the same era as the E1. If I'm even considering that, should I just consider C50 as well? Will a C59 or 60 be worth the extra coin?
thanks for reading.
I have 2 Colnago bikes, a 1996 C40 and a 2005 E1. For years the E1 has been my #1 bike, the C40 spent several years in a box because of a bottom bracket issue which I have overcome. I'm still kicking myself for letting the C40 sit for so long (about 8 years) and out of my 12 bikes it now might be my favorite. Most of my bikes are vintage steel and the E1 is my most modern.
Anyway, the E1 is a shade too small for me and it's a long story but I bought it as a parts donor and decided to keep it, tweaked it to fit, loved it, no regrets ever. However my thoughts have turned to getting a more modern Colnago frame in the right size to replace it. I'd a like a lugged frame since I could view my C40 as kind of the "Daddy bike" For those unfamiliar, the E1 is monocoque with a bonded seat stay. My thoughts have turned to the C59, my criteria being lugged, mechanical group set compatible (Campy 10), threaded bottom bracket. I'm not ready for all the press fit BB jazz.
I'm not gung ho about this at this point to drop $3k + on a new frame, so looking used and ideally slightly south of what looks to be the market rate $2k on a used C59. There's an Extreme C available currently for about half this. Fits all the criteria except for it's about the same era as the E1. If I'm even considering that, should I just consider C50 as well? Will a C59 or 60 be worth the extra coin?
thanks for reading.