1999ish Colnago C40 Gold

604carsten

Dirt Disciple
Hiya,
Dusted this C40 frame off from the loft and built it up with some gold bits planned for another frame which I have decided to sell as it doesnt fit my collection (Colnago Concept)

So here is the frame that I bought off the site here years ago (from Nob in Saudi) now with a neo-retro vibe and updated to 11speed which fits the original C40 Gold wheelset. Saddle, seatpost,wheels are original for the frame. The previous owner had kindly plated the Record headset :)

Stem and bars received some sandpaper action and laquer to de-decal them as they had the cool year 2000 1x1 weave that was the rage back then... am considering same treatment for white print on levers and derailleurs.

Also finding a balance with gold bits is the hard part as its easy to go from JPS cool to Gaudy real quick…. i had some matt black Colnago embossed bar tape as the stuff I tried initally was too much (shiney black with Colnago printed in gold). I am also not a Compact Crank fan, but the Record CT has a gold sheen to it so works in this setting.

I even used black teflon coated shifter cables and just need to replace the silver brake ones also to make them “disappear” :)

needs some tweaking still that I am noticing in the photos.. but you get the idea I hope..
 

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Thanks!
yeah I had it sitting around waiting for some original parts to show up for sale (like the gold logo Stem) and since I had these other parts laying around now it made sense to build it and give the love it deserves. Really happy the way it turned out so far. I have the silver Record 10sp bits, but the silver chainset just sticks out too much I felt... so went with black carbon on carbon
 
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