Rare Colnago CF1 Bicycle

Check out the new never ridden Colnago Ferrari CF1 bicycle on eBay at:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...gory=7298&rd=1

Perfect for your Ferrari collection.

On 17 Nov 2003 13:06:56 -0800, autoputter@msn.com (AUTOputter) wrote:
>Check out the new never ridden Colnago Ferrari CF1 bicycle on eBay at:
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...gory=7298&rd=1 Perfect for your
>Ferrari collection.

From the listing:
>Exclusive All-Black tubular tires (just like a Ferrari race car!)

There are tubular automotive tires?

>the monocoque CF1 frame weighs just 7.8kg

That's a heavy frame.

>The bike makes a great wall hanging sculpture

If the frame alone weighs 7.8kg, then that's about all you would do with it, provided you screw your
mount into studs.

Did anybody notice the pictures? Do the tires look a bit fat? What's with the
ultra-low-resolution/color picture? And the wall-hanging picture looks rather fake.
--
Rick Onanian

"Rick Onanian" <spamsink@cox.net> wrote in message
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> Did anybody notice the pictures? Do the tires look a bit fat? What's with the
> ultra-low-resolution/color picture? And the wall-hanging picture looks rather fake.
> --
> Rick Onanian

Agree -- I would stay far away from this one. I did see a similar bike in the LBS last weekend. The
rims are carbon fiber, which is likely why the tires look fat in the low-res pictures. Obviously,
the whole bike is 7.8 kg, not just the frame, but if the person selling it doesn't know this, I
wouldn't trust him any farther than I could throw him.

--Josh

Josh Gatts <news-josh@orangegorilla.net> wrote:
: Agree -- I would stay far away from this one.

fortunately, at $9,500 starting that won't be difficult for anyone. i'd wager no bids overall.
--
david reuteler reuteler@visi.com

"David Reuteler" <reuteler@visi.com> wrote in message
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> Josh Gatts <news-josh@orangegorilla.net> wrote:
> : Agree -- I would stay far away from this one.
>
> fortunately, at $9,500 starting that won't be difficult for anyone. i'd wager no bids overall.
> --

LOL. That's true. I'll check the price tag on the Ferrari Colnago next time I'm at my LBS. Betcha
it's less than $9500.

--Josh

The tires dont' look flat, they seem to be recessed into some groove, and that's what is holding the
bike upright. As for the wall hanging picture, it looked totally fake to me as well, but I'm pretty
sure it's real. For something that expensive, there should be plenty of high resolution pictures
(and not ones stolen from other websites) of the bike...

Mike http://mikebeauchamp.com

"Rick Onanian" <spamsink@cox.net> wrote in message
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> On 17 Nov 2003 13:06:56 -0800, autoputter@msn.com (AUTOputter) wrote:
> >Check out the new never ridden Colnago Ferrari CF1 bicycle on eBay at:
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...&category=7298
&rd=1
> >Perfect for your Ferrari collection.
>
> From the listing:
> >Exclusive All-Black tubular tires (just like a Ferrari race car!)
>
> There are tubular automotive tires?
>
> >the monocoque CF1 frame weighs just 7.8kg
>
> That's a heavy frame.
>
> >The bike makes a great wall hanging sculpture
>
> If the frame alone weighs 7.8kg, then that's about all you would do with it, provided you screw
> your mount into studs.
>
> Did anybody notice the pictures? Do the tires look a bit fat? What's with the
> ultra-low-resolution/color picture? And the wall-hanging picture looks rather fake.
> --
> Rick Onanian

Josh Gatts wrote:

> "David Reuteler" <reuteler@visi.com> wrote in message
> news:3fb98891$0$41292$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com...
>
>>Josh Gatts <news-josh@orangegorilla.net> wrote:
>>: Agree -- I would stay far away from this one.
>>
>>fortunately, at $9,500 starting that won't be difficult for anyone. i'd wager no bids overall.
>>--
>
> LOL. That's true. I'll check the price tag on the Ferrari Colnago next time I'm at my LBS. Betcha
> it's less than $9500.
>
> --Josh

When I first heard of these, mentioned in one of the cycling pubs, they were supposed to be in the
$12K bracket. Someone claiming to be from Andorra was listing a pile of the CF1 frames on ebay a
couple months back, which seemed suspicious. I'd expect nothing less than the serial number of this
bike in an auction listing. For the money, I'd insist upon being able to fly to San Luis Obispo, CA
to inspect before handing over the money. You don't buy one of these every day and you'd better be
damn sure you get what you think you're paying for.

On 17 Nov 2003 13:06:56 -0800, autoputter@msn.com (AUTOputter) wrote:

>Check out the new never ridden Colnago Ferrari CF1 bicycle on eBay at:
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...gory=7298&rd=1
>
>Perfect for your Ferrari collection.

Ferrari race cars use tubular tires? <G>

Barry

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 18:58:39 -0800, "Josh Gatts" <news-josh@orangegorilla.net> wrote:

>LOL. That's true. I'll check the price tag on the Ferrari Colnago next time I'm at my LBS. Betcha
>it's less than $9500.
>

Betca it's not! <G>

The mountain version of this bike was in the $9500 range. I think the limited edition CF1 was more.

Barry

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 22:26:59 -0500, "Mike Beauchamp" <newsgroups@mikebeauchamp.com> wrote:
>"Rick Onanian" <spamsink@cox.net> wrote in message
>> Did anybody notice the pictures? Do the tires look a bit fat?

>The tires dont' look flat, they seem to be recessed into some groove, and

I said "fat", not "flat". I saw the groove. However, you might expect a racing bike to have 700x23c
tires. In the picture, it appeared almost to have 26 x 2.25 knobbies.

>Mike http://mikebeauchamp.com
--
Rick Onanian

Sorry about the misread dude.. The reason I assumed "FLAT" was because when I first looked at it, I
thought the tires were flat. Proof that those are some great pictures

Mike http://mikebeauchamp.com

"Rick Onanian" <spamsink@cox.net> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 22:26:59 -0500, "Mike Beauchamp" <newsgroups@mikebeauchamp.com> wrote:
> >"Rick Onanian" <spamsink@cox.net> wrote in message
> >> Did anybody notice the pictures? Do the tires look a bit fat?
>
> >The tires dont' look flat, they seem to be recessed into some groove, and
>
> I said "fat", not "flat". I saw the groove. However, you might expect a racing bike to have
> 700x23c tires. In the picture, it appeared almost to have 26 x 2.25 knobbies.
>
> >Mike http://mikebeauchamp.com
> --
> Rick Onanian

Richard Adams <ackthpt@concentric.net> wrote in message news:<bpc6l1$6mq@dispatch.concentric.net>...
> When I first heard of these, mentioned in one of the cycling pubs
[snip]

Where are these cycling pubs, and what do they have on tap?

Brian Huntley wrote:

> Richard Adams <ackthpt@concentric.net> wrote in message
> news:<bpc6l1$6mq@dispatch.concentric.net>...
>
>>When I first heard of these, mentioned in one of the cycling pubs
>
> [snip]
>
> Where are these cycling pubs, and what do they have on tap?

All over the place...

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