Couple of odds and ends and she's a done deal. Awaiting the wheels to get laced, tires glued and the saddle is in the mail. Colnago designed a number of carbon fibre bikes before the well known C40. Most notably 5 wins in Paris Roubaix over the roughest parcours found in professional racing. NOS Ambrosio Nemesis 32h laced to NOS DA 25th Anniversary hubsĬhris King 1" Headset with 1 1/8" top capĭefinitely in the home stretch and has been a wonderful build. The Colnago C40 was NOT the first carbon frame designed by Colnago, but following it’s release in 1994, the C40 was ridden to victory in some of cycling’s biggest races. NOS ITM Super Italia PRO 260 Handlebars 38cm Shimano DA 7410 Team Seatpost w/ USE shim Shimano DA 7700 25th Anniversary Groupset The goal was to build Paris Roubaix Johaan Museeuw tribute bike. Complete disaster but I planned a full era-specific build using as many NOS parts I could attain for a reasonable price. From the groupset, to the handlebars to "D" all of the above. Simon Richardson takes a look at the classic Colnago C40 of Johan Museeuw used in theTour Of Flanders in the year 2000Subscribe to GCN. Arranged shipment from California to Texas with the buyer and before the week was out, I added another C40 to the stable. I've gotten lucky a few times and back in October I got lucky once again and picked up this 58cm original paint (AD21) 1999 C40 in Mapei Team livery. Often I find myself browsing Craigslist in other cities besides my own for bicycles, parts or memorabilia.
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