![]() ![]() This guide has been created to help you work out the vintage of a Colnago Super bicycle and is a pictorial representation of the information sourced from the following references. ![]() To add to the complexity, variants of the Colnago Super were released like the Colnago Superissimo and Colnago Super Sprint making it a bit more complicated to determine an exact model. If you compare a 1970’s Colnago Super frame with a 1980’s model, there are many features that will be different. If you have a Colnago vintage steel frame with 3 round tubes, there is a high likelihood the frame is a Colnago Super.ĭuring all those years of production, the frame received regular updates to it’s design and styling. For majority of those years, the Colnago Super was built using plain round tubes for the top tube, down tube and seat tube. It was extremely popular and remained in production for some 30+ years. The Colnago Super was also stiffer and lighter. Type and weight of tubing used in Colnago Super and Mexico frames.Ĭolnago designed this frame for high performance using a different geometry to other manufacturers of the period. You can see in the chart below that a 57cm Colnago Super frame and fork was barely any lighter than a larger 58cm Colnago Super frame and fork. It was manufactured using Columbus SL tubing, however larger frame sizes used thicker Columbus SP tubing. Image courtesy of The Colnago Super bicycle was the first production model Colnago released back in 1968.
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