COLNAGO Nuovo Mexico Del Tongo, Campagnolo Super Record, 50.5cm (1982/83) – 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. His first big success as a frame builder dates back in 1960 when Luigi  Arienti won gold medal at the Rome Olympic games. 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 about 1981, Ernesto Colnago decided to crimp the frame tubes (something that bike builders had been doing to chain stays for decades). Colnago Nuovo Mexico was released in 1982 (was stiffer than Super or Mexico models) and has 2 crimps on the top tube and down tube  The Nuovo Mexico is also predecessor for Colnago’s  future models with more crimps: the Master, the Arabesque Regal and Esa Mexico.

Happy to present another beautiful steel racing machine by Ernesto Colnago,  the COLNAGO Nuovo Mexico which dates back to 1982-83. The frame is shining in legendary Saronni paintjob, made of crimped Columbus SL tubing (2 crimps on top tube, 2 on down tube), built with pantograph Campagnolo Super Record groupset, 3ttt Colnago stem, NiSi rims, San Marco Concor saddle. The trandescent beauty of this steel icon remains unrivalled.

For all Colnago enthusiasts. L’Eroica ready.

 

 

Frame & Fork: COLNAGO Nuovo Mexico Del Tongo, crimped Columbus SL tubing

Size:

– seat tube (c-t): 50.5 cm

– top tube (c-c): 52 cm

– headset tube: 8 cm

– standover: 74.5 cm

Crankset: Campagnolo Super Record Colnago pantograph (52/42)

Bottom bracket : Campagnolo Super Record

Front Derailleur: Campagnolo Super Record

Rear Derailleur: Campagnolo Super Record (pat.82)

Shifters: Campagnolo Super Record Colnago pantograph

Brake Levers: Campagnolo Record Colnago pantograph

Brakes: Campagnolo Super Record

Stem: 3ttt Colnago (85 mm)

Handlebar: 3ttt Colnago Mod Competizione

Hubs: Campagnolo Super Record

Rims: NiSi

Freewheel: Regina Oro (6 speed)

Seatpost: Campagnolo Super Record (27,2mm)

Seat: San Marco Concor

Pedals: Campagnolo Super Record

Toe cage / leather straps: Christophe

Tubulars: Continental Giro (new)

Handlebar Tape: white, leather

 

 

Condition: Used, but good condition. New paint. No cracks, no dents, not bent. All parts are working fine.

Year: 1982-83

Price: SOLD (August 2023)