COLNAGO C40 B-Stay Campagnolo Record 10s, 54cm, mint (2001) – SOLD

Ernesto Colnago was born on February 9, 1932 in Cambiago, near Milan, Italy. At age 13 he entered in world of two wheels and immediately he fall in love with bikes and cycling. In 1952 he founded Colnago and started to work as mechanic for several professional teams. Colnago’s bikes still have a domination of the world’s cycling sports because Ernesto was always an innovator and pioneer of new technologies which supposedly provide more efficency or comfort.

In 1994 Colnago started to produce their very successful model C40 — ‘C’ for carbon and ‘40’ to commemorate Colnago’s 40th year in business. Full carbon frame with Master profile carbon tubes bonded to carbon lugs. Ernesto Colnago solved the problem of how to make a carbon frame durable enough to win the toughest cobbled Classics yet light enough to soar up Alpine cols. That’s the reason why the C40 is the favourite bike of all time for so many people — including Sir Bradley Wiggins. Colnago could have created something with perhaps a swoopy, futuristic profile befitting itsrevolutionary design. Instead he kept the tubes ramrod-straight in the traditional style — albeit with the star-shaped cross-section that he had pioneered with the steel Master.

”When we built the C40, we were the only ones to build carbon frames and all the mechanics and competitor technicians were saying that they would be too dangerous to use on cobbled roads, especially with the straight carbon forks. There was a company that wanted to fit suspension forks on the bicycle, but I wasn’t going to have suspension forks on the C40. The night before Paris- Roubaix I had Mr. Squinzi, the Mapei boss, on the phone to me raising his concerns about using such a delicate-looking thing. I told him that we’d done all of the tests that we could on the frame and the fork and we were certain there would be no problem. I had to take personal responsibility for what was going to happen and I spent all night worrying about it, barely able to sleep. But when I heard that there were 4 Mapei riders in the break, I knew I could relax.” The C40 went on to win 5 editions of Paris-Roubaix in 6 years.

Here we are offering a legendary Colnago C40 B Stay, the 3rd incarnation of this iconic model made by great Ernesto Colnago. This superb bike dates back to 2001, a model with B-Stay to improve efficiency and comfort. Completely built with Campagnolo Record 10s groupset, superb Mavic Ksyrium SSC wheels, all in more than excellent condition.

For all Colnago enthusiasts. Fair price.

Frame & Fork: Colnago C40 B-Stay, Carbon Star Fork

Size:

– seat tube (c-t): 56 cm

– top tube (c-c):  54.5 cm

– headset tube: 11 cm

– standover: 77.2 cm

Wheelset: Mavic Ksyrium SSC

Crankset: Campagnolo Record 10s (172.5mm, 53/39)

Front Derailleur: Campagnolo Record 10s

Rear Derailleur: Campagnolo Record 10s

Levers: Campagnolo Record 10s

Brakes: Campagnolo Record 10s

Chain: Campagnolo Record 10s

Seatpost: Colnago C40 /carbon

Stem & Handlebar: Cinelli RAM integrated

Handlebar tape: cork, black

Pedals: Campagnolo

Condition: Mint condition. Ridden a few times. Original paint. Ready for serious riding.

Year:  2001

Weight: 7.7kg

Price: SOLD (November 2024)