Luxe Gios Could Be Yours!

Reader Fernand is selling this Super Record-equipped Gios from his home in Luxembourg. For info, email him: supervisiontrafic@cfl.lu

Updated 3-16-14: We had mislabeled this machine as a Colnago. Typing a little too fast!

Today's Retro Bike: 1978 Colnago

Riccardo V's very nice 1978 Colnago came to us via Twitter:

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Ergo Shifting a Super Record Derailleur

In response to our recent post about a Bianchi that appeared to have an older, friction-shifting Record derailleur actuated by new Ergo levers (on closer inspection, the derailleur turned out to be connected to Record friction downtube levers), reader Yoshi sent the photo and note below:

Yoshi writes:

Hi,

This is my Colnago Super from mid 80's with a Super Record rear derailleur that works with the Ergopower 10 speed. The wires are really connected on this bike!
Yoshi 

(Kazuo Y)

We've asked Yoshi for more info on just how well this system works.

Update! Yoshi wrote back:

"The Ergopower 10 speed synchronizes almost perfectly with IRD 7 speed cog and SRAM 8 speed chain (old type, flat plate)."


So there you go. Ergo levers will work a Super Record derailleur.

Campy Eye Candy: Building a Colnago

The folks at Vecchio's, the iconic Boulder, CO, shop, built up a Colnago for reader Rick Hess, and he made a nice video of the process that also highlights the historic ambience of the shop. Enjoy!

 

 

Colnagno From Spain

Reader Jose sent this photo of his newly acquired classic Colnago ... and a question. See if you can help him out.

Hi,

Here's my recently adquired Colnago.

The seller said me that the bike belonged to a pro cycling rider.

Do you know which spanish team is from?

Thanks a lot,

 Jose from Madrid.

Thomas Voeckler's Campy-Equipped Colnago

In case you missed it, the Yellow Jersey in this year's Tour de France has been a Campagnolo-equipped Colnago. VeloNews reports on the bike (with more photos) here.