necessity, at that point, had just become the mother of invention, if that is not too obscure a metaphor. this all headed tailwards before fading into that clearcoated carbon weave half way down the rear stays.Īs you might have elicited from my description, this was the option for which i plumped in the end, despite it not being that which i felt justified my hard-earned moolah. two colnago c40 hp frames in my size were, at that very minute, residing unfettered in the stockroom, one a rather maudlin sounding black and the other in a more contemporary mix of metallic blue interfacing with a somewhat darker shade of the same colour. sure, i could have a colnago frame all but identical to those ridden by the landbouwkrediet chaps, but i'd have been looking at a six month delay in proceedings. however, i figured it looked rather smooth.Īs many of you will be aware, stylish though those italians are, their delivery schedules make the british rail system appear overly efficient. it is, after all, the belgian equivalent of credit agricole.
it was an odd choice of livery for a team whose colours leaned considerably towards the green end of the spectrum. at the time of my colnago order, the european landbouwkrediet team were astride some rather fetching models supplied by cambiago that originated as fire engine red at the head tube, all the while fading to plain, but clearcoated carbon at the rear b-stay. most of us would be less than likely to appear at the sunday morning ride outside debbie's at the appointed hour on a red raleigh chopper. The level of bicycle and accessories to which you are personally associated, more than likely says much about how you see yourself in the grand panoply that is modern sporting cyclery. for surely there can be little satisfaction in owning the bicycle/car of your dreams but having to compromise on its looks? if we upscale just a few thousand pounds, were i to be purchasing my first italian sports car, i think it likely that i'd have one or two specific colours in mind, both externally and internally that would complement my financial outlay. don't go over the linesĪt the time i ordered my first carbon colnago, there were no other competitors for either my money or my passion, and on a personal timeline, the impending occupation of the appropriate space in thewashingmachinepost bike shed by some exotic italian carbon fibre was a most memorable occasion.Īllowing for the year on year increase of colnago's prices (and those of every other italian framebuilder), it was a substantial outlay of funds, given that such carbon demanded an appropriate level of componentry to keep it in the manner to which it would like to become accustomed.
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