Writenride 

Cool!

You know, it’s kind of ironic looking back and I remembered Wesley Snipes wearing this:

At the same time, we never once saw him ride a Colnago in “White Men Can’t Jump.” Those shorts, though...

Still, that cap is cool, and I got one just like it. I wish Pace could make more of these 3 panel cycling caps, but they don’t. Anyway, on with the Saronni show.

I went online to the bane of my existence; eBay, and found a 1st Generation Colnago Master with a mixture of Campagnolo Super Record components some good, and some worse for wear. Especially the rear derailleur jockey plates and the front derailleur inner plate. The chain was an 8 speed Japanese made Taya, and the freewheel was a Regina America Extra 7 speed. None of it matched up.


Please excuse the cell phone picture. I just opened it up, unboxed it, and absolutely everything was wrapped up in bubble wrap, shrink wrap, and my three cats were playing in the bike box. But that’s the Saronni Colnago Master.

That’s a yucky picture! Here is what it looked like initially:


I had restored BMX bikes, Mountain bikes, Hybrids, Road bikes, and Touring bikes. Some for me, and some for others, but you know something? I’ve never owned anything like this before, and I hope to restore it, repair and replace as many major parts as I can, and make this bike look right. Now, I know many of you are more Campagnolo savvy than I am, and that can be helpful. But when this bike is done? It’ll fly on the road.

Thanks for letting me post here.

Moe Zhoost

My 1983 Super. Bought new when I lived in Italy. I really need to ride it more.

alexander55

Just acquired this one. I'll have it in my possession
and have better pictures in a week or so. Sorry, but this is the only picture I have at the moment but I wanted to comment so as to see updates on this thread. Ha. (I'm not very excited or anything.)

yeslek

Sir_Name 

While this is bumped, does anyone have a half-way decent paint/nail polish match for Saronni red?

I remember someone here mentioning Testors 1629T Enamel Red Metal Flake, not sure if there’s a known closer match.

Velikus

I've been using Color Therapy 370 Unwine'd nail polish that I got at TJ Maxx or Target and it matches OK. Passes the five foot test anyway.

Velikus

Actually, maybe ten foot test...not in too bright sunlight...as long as your not looking for it...

Sir_Name 

Ha! Sounds like a perfect match to the previous owner’s touch-ups then! Thanks.

jamesdak 

Well, since this is bumped I guess I can share mine here. Picked this up last year right at dusk. Paid too much but it looked good in the dark. Got it home and found a lot of paint imperfections and new but poorly applied decals. Brakes were terrible, shifitng was balky and imprecise but the ride was good on the first test test ride. Tore it pretty much completely down. With some cleaning and polishing I realized the parts were pretty much mint even though the paint was abused. I also found stuff like a pulley in the RD with more wear and play in the bushing than I've ever seen. The only thing in good shape on the bike was the new tape job on the bars. The levers are in the wrong spot by my standards but I've left them like that for now. Everything else was reworked. New cables, modern housings, red pulley in the RD, serious service of all the parts, new brake pads, and some crazy Fulcrum Racing Zero wheels that match up well for a non-classic look. The bike is now a dream to ride with all the original shifting issues gone. No balky shifts, no over shift and trim, just precise clean shifts. I'm sure the modern housing and cables with the modern cassette and new chain have a lot to do with that. So the bike frame still looks a mess close up but it's a joy to ride.


How I finished it up with some nice cushy Veloflex rubber.

Spokes match well as the pulleys that had been in my parts bin forever finally found a home.

Out on the road.

How it was when I brought it home.