Colnago Mexico questions
01-30-23, 04:00 AM
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Colnago Mexico questions
I am considering going to pick up a frame a considerable distance from me (4hr drive). They are calling it a Mexico but from the pictures I have I doubt it. Notably it has the cable routing below the bb, rounded seat stay caps with "Colnago" written on them, it looks like there are indentations on the chainstays and I cannot make out any crimps on the main tubes. Also they claim the frame is SL tubing which screams Colnago Super but I am def ne expert. Does anything I mention here rule out a Mexico frame? I am going to have $500 invested by the time I get home including fuel so I am not sure it is worth it where it is going to need a repaint.
01-30-23, 07:39 AM
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Mexico had Columbus Record not Super SL tubing which delivered the well know weight, ovalized chainstay vs. the Super dents, cabling above the BB, etc., etc, sounds like a "falso terribile" to me. I have a Super, they are nice frames but not at Mexico prices.
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I am considering going to pick up a frame a considerable distance from me (4hr drive). They are calling it a Mexico but from the pictures I have I doubt it. Notably it has the cable routing below the bb, rounded seat stay caps with "Colnago" written on them, it looks like there are indentations on the chainstays and I cannot make out any crimps on the main tubes. Also they claim the frame is SL tubing which screams Colnago Super but I am def ne expert. Does anything I mention here rule out a Mexico frame? I am going to have $500 invested by the time I get home including fuel so I am not sure it is worth it where it is going to need a repaint.
Shipping a frame now days can be $100 whether it a Colnago or a BSO so if it is any sort of desirable Colnago, it is probably worth the time, $$$ and effort.
I know $500 is not nothing but in this arena its about the least you will get away with for anything worthwhile.
Ifn I was you and you can be reasonably sure it is a Colnago, I would get to it.
01-30-23, 01:46 PM
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SL and under BB cable routing rules out it's a Mexico.
Absence of crimped down and top tube rules out it's a Nuovo Mexico or ESA Mexico.
I happen to think $500 is an awful lot of money for an at best Super frameset in need of a paint job.
Absence of crimped down and top tube rules out it's a Nuovo Mexico or ESA Mexico.
I happen to think $500 is an awful lot of money for an at best Super frameset in need of a paint job.
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Mackers it is all round tubes with NO crimping. I'll just keep going with the late 60's Grandis I'll keep the $$ for parts LOL.
