Besides aesthetics, is a steel Colnago really better than a steel Nishiki?
04-12-18, 03:43 PM
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Salamandrine yes I did get that bike, it is the Black and Red Nishiki Professional in my post #23 pictures. It was also the bike that started me into the world of vintage bikes and this forum. Since it's purchase I found its older sibling the Silver and Blue Nishiki Professional/Katakura-Silk.
And no, neither is my Custom Stevenson, but they are both very nice in quite different ways.
If you search for Nishiki Professional/Katakura-Silk and/or Nishiki Professional Nuovo Record you should find my posts and pictures of these bikes and their restoration.
All are ridden though for the Black and Red Nishiki Professional I have restored it to specification just as it was sold as a racing bike (but no tubular tires or narrow now 28c tires) so it's rides are more limited, as I no longer have a Cosworth V-8 Forumula-1 engine/body, but it's fun to take out and remember from time to time, and then suffer the next day.
And no, neither is my Custom Stevenson, but they are both very nice in quite different ways.
If you search for Nishiki Professional/Katakura-Silk and/or Nishiki Professional Nuovo Record you should find my posts and pictures of these bikes and their restoration.
All are ridden though for the Black and Red Nishiki Professional I have restored it to specification just as it was sold as a racing bike (but no tubular tires or narrow now 28c tires) so it's rides are more limited, as I no longer have a Cosworth V-8 Forumula-1 engine/body, but it's fun to take out and remember from time to time, and then suffer the next day.
06-21-18, 01:19 PM
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I parked my road bike next to a Colnago the other day. Got campy Chorus and everything but I am not impressed. Is the Colnago more about pedigree? My bike got lugs, shifts properly, and has a sticker that reads "handmade in Japan" on the frame with nearly all the components made in Japan.
I'd rather have mine say colango but thats just me.
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