The Holy Grail : Colnago C40 B-Stay Mapei World Champion

[Tinea Pedis]

came out of a little bike shop at a dusty and God-forgotten town on the French Bretagne

Could only dream of finding something like that...

[Nutellaurent]

oh my god, this is so nice. cant wait for more pics...

[SalsaLover]

well seems I have to wait a bit to build it, no shop around here has a 1" carbon expander, I will have to order them online and will take some days

[fletch62]

Simply an amazing find.
All i hear and read about the C-40 is that they are an amazing frame and ride, but are now rare as hens teeth and selling used for probably more than they were new.
Is there any chance Colnago would re-release the C-40 as they have done with the Master?
Would the molds still exist or have been destroyed?

[LionelB]

You need to find a proper 28mm seatpost. Forget that shim.

Oh BTW, nice frame If you do not mind saying how much did they charge for this NOS ?

[MrCurrieinahurry]

hmm on the fork i agree its a risk.... prob not worth it... would colnago be able to paint you one?

[LionelB]

On the fork, there is quite a bit of black on the seatstays so I think the whole black fork will be OK even though not as nice as the full matching fork.

[PSM]

All i hear and read about the C-40 is that they are an amazing frame and ride, but are now rare as hens teeth and selling used for probably more than they were new.

At the time... Compared to what? I am not critical. Just curious.

Love that frame. Honestly.

[SalsaLover]

I am looking for a NOS Colnago seatpost, I was offered an unmarked SELCOF but prefer the one just like it came on all modern C40s and C50s... but patience,

I bought a White Dorico Team that I will setup initially, I am expecting it to arrive next week and will try it on first, probably will attempt to custom paint it... we'll see

The handlebars/stem will be Rotundo PRO that I have, or maybe I could use a NOS ITM with a NOS 3TTT Mercx that I also have, I think as they are thinner could go better with the thinner C40 tubes, only problem is the ITM is a 8° and not a 17°

I ordered the 1" expander, a black 1"-1 1/8" shim for the stem ( don't like the silver ones ) and some 1" carbon spacers... they will arrive next week I hope

[LionelB]

I am looking for a NOS Colnago seatpost, I was offered a SELCOF but prefer the ATR just like it came on all modern C40s and C50s... but patience,

Selcof made the Colnago post but yeah, you might as well wait to find the colnago stamped one.

[PSM]

Am I invisible?

[Rumsas]

UHHH Sweeet...
That is one good looking frame.
Maybe it's not to bad with the black fork.
You are not building it like true to the Mapei years anyway, so why not a black fork.
Think if it's done right, it can look awesome.
Can't wait

[Nutellaurent]

i agree with rumsas, although the original fork would be cool, the black one seems to work fine with the frame

[SalsaLover]

@PSM

to many yes the C40 is the best bike in history, and this one is the Oscarito WC one !!!!1!!1

[LionelB]

I do not know about the best bike in history but certainly one of the bike with the best history.