My New Vintage Colnago! Help!

[Mattyboi92]

Hi everyone,

I picked up this old Colnago for cheap, not really knowing how cool these bikes are. When I started asking I was told it was a classic, however I don't think that's the case. Can any experts help me identify it?

Here are a few key items:
•has a sticker that says “Idea Ruote Titanio” where others have the Columbus sticker.
•frame is not magnetic, could be Titanium given the sticker noted above.
•chain & seat stays look to be carbon weave under the paint.
•the connection points of the frame are seamless and uniform, unlike what I’ve seen on others.

Could this be a CT1 Titanium frame? Pretty awesome if so! Seems to be early 2000's Rabobank paint scheme, but I can't find another CT1 with this exact paint job - but the Rabobank ones seem to have a lot of variance across models/years.

The rest doesn't seem too great. Alexarims DA22 rear wheel, some Miche front. Shimano Altus shifter...

I'm planning to bring it back to life as my local commuter. Any suggestions on some decent wheels, group set, etc. would be great!

Thanks!

[poulhansen]

It looks like Idea Route is an Italian bicycle shop. Ask them.

https://www.idearuote.it/

[jekyll man]

Colnago oval ti?
Although the round top tube might be a spanner in that works...

[satanas]

More likely to be alu, especially if the stays are indeed carbon.

[Sjoerd]

My Colnago has a short serial number in or around the rear dropout, I forgot which side. You could check with Colnago for information.

[Mattyboi92]

This is the only bike I can find online with the exact paint scheme. It's a C40. But you can see the lugs/joints on the C40 and on mine it's completely smooth.


https://premium-cycling.com/product/col ... 5cm-2000s/

[Mattyboi92]

And these images of a CT1 looks just like mine

https://steel-vintage.com/products/coln ... cycle-2000

[erik$]

Should be a CT1 of the first generation. For the later ones they used the B-stay seatstays.