Originally Posted by
Dannyboy21
...Paul has questions about the pannier bosses on the bike. Original owner swears they were there when he bought the bike new and were not added during the repaint in late 90s...
Yes, those bosses are almost certainly OEM. Unlike most other brands, Colnago tended to put them on the outside of the seat stay, as opposed to the the back or inside of the seat stay. They also used bosses low on the seat stays and blades for mudguards, as opposed to eyelets on the dropouts, often doubling the drive side boss on the rear as a chainguard mount. However, I haven't seen one on with a boss on top of the rear of the chain stay. See attached mid-1980s, OEM spec, Colnago Gentleman.
Please PM me with the status on the TdC, as I'm still interested if it is too small for you.
