No much words needed.įrame: Colnago C40 Mapei Team edition 1998Ĭrankset: Shimano Dura Ace 7700 (172,5mm)Ĭondition: Used, but good condition.
COLNAGO C40 MAPEI FULL
Full carbon frameset is shinning in outstanding Mapei paintjob and equipped with Shimano Dura ace 7700 groupset, ITM cockpit. Here we are proudly presenting the legened of the cobblestones – C OLNAGO C40 Mapei, which dates back to 1998. The mk3 C40 has B Stays so it looks like a mk2 to me. MrMojo Posts: 149 Joined: Thu 1:24 pm Location: UK. The Colnago C40 won 5 out of 6 editions of Paris-Roubaix in years (1995-2000) and several world champion titles in years 1996-2002. Colnago C40 Mapei, C50, C59 x2, C60, EPS, Cristallo, E1, Super Ridley Helium X.
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Stars riders included A braham Olano, Johan Museeuw, Michele Bartoli, Franco Ballerini, Óscar Freire, Frank Vandenbroucke, Axel Merckx, Andrea Tafi, Tony Rominger, Paolo Bettini among the others… For 7 years in a row (1994-2000) they won UCI Team rankings. Looking back from another decade, we examine that Mapei team earned a unique place in cycling history. They were the biggest and most ambitious team that cycling has ever seen and won practically everything. Mapei was an Italian-based pro cycling team active from 1993 to 2002, named after sponsoring firm MAPEI. Instead he kept the tubes ramrod-straight in the traditional style - albeit with the star-shaped cross-section that he had pioneered with the steel Master. Colnago could have created something with perhaps a swoopy, futuristic profile befitting its revolutionary design. That’s the reason why the C40 is the favourite bike of all time for so many people - including Sir Bradley Wiggins.
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COLNAGO C40 MAPEI HOW TO
Colnago solved the problem of how to make a carbon frame durable enough to win the toughest cobbled Classics yet light enough to soar up Alpine cols.
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Full carbon frame with Master profile carbon tubes bonded to carbon lugs. In 1994 Colnago started to produce their very successful model C40 - ‘C’ for carbon and ‘40’ to commemorate Colnago’s 40th year in business. Colnago’s bikes still have a domination of the world’s cycling sports because Ernesto was always an innovator and pioneer of new technologies which supposedly provide more efficency or comfort.
COLNAGO C40 MAPEI PROFESSIONAL
In 1952 he founded Colnago and started to work as mechanic for several professional teams. At age 13 he entered in world of two wheels and immediately he fall in love with bikes and cycling. Price includes package and postage.Ernesto Colnago was born on Februin Cambiago, near Milan, Italy. Arrives in dedicated art packaging for framed paintings to protect during transit. Arrives rolled in acid-free paper within a crush-proof circular art mailing tube.įramed Print: Made with a luxury deep-bevel mount, black real ramin wood frame and premium synthetic glass cover. Unframed Print: printed on ultra-premium German Hahnemuhle textured 310gsm etching paper. The team won virtually every major Classic during its time and is perhaps most remembered for a dominating 1-2-3 at the Queen of Classics, Paris-Roubaix, in 1996, with the win taken by Johan Museeuw. Mapei's cycling jerseys and bikes, with the colourful cubes peppering the design, have become iconic in the world of cycling. Before, carbon fibre has been seen as the future of cycling and there have been loads of experiments going on since the 1970s.
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When Ernesto Colnago released the Colnago C40 he started a revolution. OLDBICI presents the classic Colnago C40 of Tom Steels used in the Tour 2000. Colnago C40 Mapei team edition bike as ridden by Andrea Tafi, Johan Museeuw, Paolo Bettini and Michele Bartoli, the greatest Classics riders of the 1990's and 2000's. OLDBICI Review: Tom Steels’s Colnago C40 MK2 Mapei Quickstep.