C59 80

[Zam_Olyas]

http://www.tuttobiciweb.it/index.php?page=news&cod=46080&tp=n

Edit: from http://www.colnago.com/c59-ottanta/

February 9, 2012 – Ernesto Colnago celebrates his eightieth birthday and what better present could he give himself than a special limited edition bike that carries the first Colnago logo that was created in the fifties.

The special bike is called the C59 Ottanta – which means eighty in Italian. It’s a ‘Made in Italy’ bike that is inspired by the past and has an seventies style Arabesque decoration, yet projected into the future because of the Italian technology in its ‘made to measure’ carbon fibre frame and its electronic Campagnolo Super Record EPS 11s groupset.

Just 80 examples of this very special limited edition bike will be made.

 

[Benotti69]

That is beautiful.

 

[joe_papp]

http://www.tuttobiciweb.it/index.php?page=news&cod=46080&tp=n

Edit: from http://www.colnago.com/c59-ottanta/

February 9, 2012 – Ernesto Colnago celebrates his eightieth birthday and what better present could he give himself than a special limited edition bike that carries the first Colnago logo that was created in the fifties.

The special bike is called the C59 Ottanta – which means eighty in Italian. It’s a ‘Made in Italy’ bike that is inspired by the past and has an seventies style Arabesque decoration, yet projected into the future because of the Italian technology in its ‘made to measure’ carbon fibre frame and its electronic Campagnolo Super Record EPS 11s groupset.

Just 80 examples of this very special limited edition bike will be made.

Thanks for posting this! I JUST came to the forum to see if there were any links to photos or details of the bike after reading the story on cyclingnews's main page.

Of all the pics they included in the Colnago gallery, I really liked the one of Pierre Rolland:

As an aside, I was lucky enough to race on Bora's in my final season and they were the most amazing wheels I've ever ridden - and that's w/o even knowing if they were any better performance-wise than Zipp, for example! They deliver a great ride and produce a unique sound, but more importantly, the mystique of riding Bora's was worth at least 10 extra watts!

Regarding the C59 80, I actually don't think it's that attractive a bike, though of course I recognize its rarity and limited edition-desirableness. But in reading the copy, I wonder if it's a "Made in Italy" bike like my Pinarello is, in that it's formed-up in Asia but finished in Italy. Does Colnago outsource all of his carbon fiber work abroad which is why in the ad copy itself it says ‘Made in Italy’ w/ the "quotes" so-to-speak, or was this bike actually made start to finish on home soil?

 

[RDV4ROUBAIX]

Regarding the C59 80, I actually don't think it's that attractive a bike, though of course I recognize its rarity and limited edition-desirableness. But in reading the copy, I wonder if it's a "Made in Italy" bike like my Pinarello is, in that it's formed-up in Asia but finished in Italy. Does Colnago outsource all of his carbon fiber work abroad which is why in the ad copy itself it says ‘Made in Italy’ w/ the "quotes" so-to-speak, or was this bike actually made start to finish on home soil?

Colnago is probably one of the only Italian builders that can back up the country of origin claim. The C59 and EPQ are actually made from start to finish in the basement of Ernesto's house, I think even the carbon tubes are sourced from an Italian company. The rest of the line is made in Taiwan, including Pierre Rolland's M10.

I'd have to agree that the paint job of the "80" is a pretty bad interpretation of the Arabesque. Not what I'm used to seeing from Colnago. The head lug treatment isn't doing it for me. But it could be one of those things where you have to see it in person, plus gold is so 3 or 4 years ago, silver and chrome is what's up now.

 

[LugHugger]

Colnago is probably one of the only Italian builders that can back up the country of origin claim. The C59 and EPQ are actually made from start to finish in the basement of Ernesto's house, I think even the carbon tubes are sourced from an Italian company. The rest of the line is made in Taiwan, including Pierre Rolland's M10.

I'd have to agree that the paint job of the "80" is a pretty bad interpretation of the Arabesque. Not what I'm used to seeing from Colnago. The head lug treatment isn't doing it for me. But it could be one of those things where you have to see it in person, plus gold is so 3 or 4 years ago, silver and chrome is what's up now.

Yep. For me, this is offensive looking. It represents all that is bad about Italian taste. I pity the poor fool's who blindly pay their money for the cache of owning these bikes. Give me MTBK any day. Oh, and where has the EPQ gone from the line up??????

 

[laziali]

Yep. For me, this is offensive looking. It represents all that is bad about Italian taste. I pity the poor fool's who blindly pay their money for the cache of owning these bikes. Give me MTBK any day. Oh, and where has the EPQ gone from the line up??????

Where indeed? I was just about to follow up RDV's post re country of manufacture to record that EPQ is also made by hand with tubes and lugs at Cambiaggio and noticed that the EPQ is no longer in the line up.

Can also confirm that the tubes and lugs for the c59 are made in Padania as well. Same factory as Ferrari uses for their carbon fibre.

 

[Stingray34]

Italy, Taiwan, whatever: what I really want is a replica of Ernesto's hairpiece.