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dunno if this image will work, but the not-quite-local CL has offered up this mess for the bargain of only 375 bucks

oh hell yea

Hah true, and a descriptor of myself as well; I just try to avoid posting angry rants on the internet while drinking.

Lol I tried that at one point and just don't want to deal with the hassle again for such mediocre results.

And nah he's just on "ignore." 'cause I just saw one too many instances of him drunkenly berating somebody for saying that not every single Colnago ever built was god's gift to mankind, and thought "what does this add to my experience on the forum?"

unfortunately wasn't able to get gold flake as it was looking like it would turn this thing into a $300+ powdercoating job, and that's just ridiculous. So weird industrial bronze color it is, and hopefully it'll have a lil subtle sparkle to it. Also found some ugly-ass old tires in my stash that go gumwall->red->black so I might throw those on for ugly rat points and an homage to everyone who builds up colnagos with colored everything for reasons only mamils can discern.

Yea, it might mess with the details. I'm not all that worried about it. If there were lots of lovely, inexpensive painting resources near enough for me to get to them without a car, things might be different. But I live in a mid-sized US city that's fantastically unfriendly to cycling, so cool stuff like custom painters who know their way around bikes is nonexistent.

And yea if the panto is all funky, it won't get painted in. And I blocked Saarf but I gather he's suggesting some type of chroming which again: I'm doin this on the cheap, for one, and even if I weren't, the resources don't exist where I live.

I'd guess its bad because some hypothetical future collector would have to re-strip and get a quality repaint to get its full value in the future. Idk, I actually ride my bikes so I don't care about its theoretical value to collectors /shrug

I have; unfortunately everything I've heard about that process is that it doesn't hold up all that great and would start rusting pretty quick. As I intend to actually ride this thing/lock it up/etc. I feel like that's a non-ideal solution. Plus the powder-coating place didn't have any cool sparkly clear-coats.

Oooooh I am a stereotypical Yank in that I don't speak any language other than English lol. That would be pretty rad.

Sorry for the awful picture but: wheels are here! And they're pretty cool.

No clue what vrainago is but I'm considering getting some custom vinyl made so: potentially open to this idea if it's good.

And yea, I got the frame for cheap, its beat up, I already have a pretty and nicely restored track frame, so it's time to get silly.

So, update: potentially less guady than hoped for. Need to call again this week but it turns out dealing with my local powder coating place is a pain in the rear and their selection… well, it leaves a lot to be desired.

That said: there's a semi-metallic weird-lookin bronze color that's pretty ugly and kinda cool at the same time, so I'll probably do that, see if I can tack on some sort of gold flake for something resembling a reasonable price, and when I get it back, fill the pantographing (probably with yellow) and potentially do some lug outlining as well. Probably put an old Fyxo Fauxnago decal on it to really seal the deal, and maybe order some actual colnago decals at some point as well.

Also as far as parts: found some 20c clinchers with gumwalls with orange tread that are likely to fit in the frame without rubbing, so I might grab those off the 'bay

lol

So he generally built with generous clearances? That's good to know. I'd like to be able to run 35's and I'm guessing what's on there in that photo is 28's or so. I reckon this one is 126 at the rear as well due to the 5spd but suppose I'd just Sheldon Brown it out to 130 if I wanted to live that life.

Considering snapping this up for use as a cx/townie bike; any reason that's a terrible plan? anyone have insight on tire clearances or geo weirdness on these old Yates touring frames?

Frame. Beat to shit paint-wise but otherwise seems solid.

So, first project thread on here. A friend has sold me a half-stripped Colnago Super Pista frameset built sometime in the 70's. Paint was a random team name so no great loss.

Frameset: Tomorrow I'll be taking it to a local powder coater. I'll basically be attempting to acquire the most ugly, guady colorway they can put together—think baby-poo green with sparkles or a candy coat or somethin. From there I'll paint in the pantographing, and potentially order some decals at some point if the mood strikes.

Wheelset: Air-Lite hubs to Mavic CXPs, which should be arriving in the mail today.

Drivetrain: bits I have laying around aka Suntour Superbe NJS cranks, some old atac pedals, cheapo shimano bb. Whatever I can find in the parts bin for chain/cog/lockring.

Cockpit: Sim Works stem, Deda bars, random 27.0 post, San Marco Regale black perforated. All stuff I acquired for other bikes that's now in my basement.

Anyhoo, I'll try to take pictures of some of this stuff as it comes in/changes, but I've wanted a Colnago pista for a long time, so I'm pretty hyped on this.

Weird-looking novelty forks are as HHSMTB as it gets imho

Interested to hear your experience with them in that situation. I've got some Sim Works homages on my Cross Check and while I'm finding them to be passable all-rounder tires, I'm starting to feel like I could do better.