Colnago's Paint Pain

[sergio]

On 30 Lug, 23:01, "* * Chas"
> Looks like these are the folks that ...

Chas (whoever you are in real life)
may I print your post and submit it to these folks?
I really wonder if they have some interesting comment, or put up an
ugly face perhaps.
By the way, they have been working for Colnago the last ten years, or
so.

Sergio
Pisa

 

[* * Chas]

"sergio" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 30 Lug, 23:01, "* * Chas"
> > Looks like these are the folks that ...
>
> Chas (whoever you are in real life)
> may I print your post and submit it to these folks?
> I really wonder if they have some interesting comment, or put up an
> ugly face perhaps.
> By the way, they have been working for Colnago the last ten years, or
> so.
>
> Sergio
> Pisa
>
Usenet is open source. Feel free to quote me. Since all of my Colnagos are
over 10 years old, it shouldn't make any difference to them.

And Chas. is short for Charles, my real name.

 

[Ozark Bicycle]

On Jul 30, 9:39 pm, "* * Chas" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "sergio" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...> On 30 Lug, 23:01, "* * Chas"
> > > Looks like these are the folks that ...
>
> > Chas (whoever you are in real life)
> > may I print your post and submit it to these folks?
> > I really wonder if they have some interesting comment, or put up an
> > ugly face perhaps.
> > By the way, they have been working for Colnago the last ten years, or
> > so.
>
> > Sergio
> > Pisa
>
> Usenet is open source. Feel free to quote me. Since all of my Colnagos are
> over 10 years old, it shouldn't make any difference to them.
>
> And Chas. is short for Charles, my real name.

And the " ** " was your rank in the Army of the Republic of
Anerobia? ;-)

Any further experiences with those brakes?

 

[* * Chas]

"Ozark Bicycle" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Jul 30, 9:39 pm, "* * Chas" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > "sergio" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >
> > news:[email protected]...> On 30
Lug, 23:01, "* * Chas"
> > > > Looks like these are the folks that ...
> >
> > > Chas (whoever you are in real life)
> > > may I print your post and submit it to these folks?
> > > I really wonder if they have some interesting comment, or put up an
> > > ugly face perhaps.
> > > By the way, they have been working for Colnago the last ten years,
or
> > > so.
> >
> > > Sergio
> > > Pisa
> >
> > Usenet is open source. Feel free to quote me. Since all of my Colnagos
are
> > over 10 years old, it shouldn't make any difference to them.
> >
> > And Chas. is short for Charles, my real name.
>
> And the " ** " was your rank in the Army of the Republic of
> Anerobia? ;-)
>
> Any further experiences with those brakes?
>

The Soviet Socialist People's Republic of Berserkley to you sir! That's 2
pips!

The brakes stop great but.... You have to use you fingernail to get under
the QR lever, it's really hard to thread the cables through the cable
clamps, the QRs tend to come loose unless the pads are adjusted very close
to the rims.

Chas.

 

[LML999]

On Jul 28, 9:40 pm, bicycle_disciple <[email protected]>
wrote:
> I've been reading reviews on Road Bike Review for the Colnago Master X-
> Light. The bike handles, climbs and accelerates like a dream, most
> say. However, quite a few also point out the problematic paint of the
> frame. Chips and nicks are easily made.
>
> For a 2000 dollar frame, you would think that they would put more
> thought into paint durability.
>

The big problem with Colnago paint is that it can't be easily touched
up or redone due to the beautiful artwork. Other than that, I don't
find their paint to be any less durable than that on other bikes I've
owned. My C40 and my Dream both have beautiful paint jobs. The C40 is
flawless and the Dream has a few of the typical scratches that a race
bike would. But I take generally good care of my bikes.

If you want a flawless finish, get a titanium bike. Fingerprints and
grease come off with Lemon Pledge and scratches come out with a
Scotchbrite pad. Unfortunately, Ti is a relatively boring finish in
comparison to to Ernesto's finest.

Lee

 

[bicycle_disciple]

On Jul 31, 7:42 am, LML999 <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Jul 28, 9:40 pm, bicycle_disciple <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > I've been reading reviews on Road Bike Review for the Colnago Master X-
> > Light. The bike handles, climbs and accelerates like a dream, most
> > say. However, quite a few also point out the problematic paint of the
> > frame. Chips and nicks are easily made.
>
> > For a 2000 dollar frame, you would think that they would put more
> > thought into paint durability.
>
> The big problem with Colnago paint is that it can't be easily touched
> up or redone due to the beautiful artwork. Other than that, I don't
> find their paint to be any less durable than that on other bikes I've
> owned. My C40 and my Dream both have beautiful paint jobs. The C40 is
> flawless and the Dream has a few of the typical scratches that a race
> bike would. But I take generally good care of my bikes.
>
> If you want a flawless finish, get a titanium bike. Fingerprints and
> grease come off with Lemon Pledge and scratches come out with a
> Scotchbrite pad. Unfortunately, Ti is a relatively boring finish in
> comparison to to Ernesto's finest.
>
> Lee

I'm really worried about this paint issue. Mike Perry from Maestro UK
thinks I shouldn't even bother covering up with coat of book jacket. I
mean, I never had a Colnago steel, this is going to be my first one,
and its been a dream. What is your final say on this, should I really
be concerned about the paint and ditch my dreams?

B.D

 

[* * Chas]

"bicycle_disciple" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Jul 31, 7:42 am, LML999 <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Jul 28, 9:40 pm, bicycle_disciple <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I've been reading reviews on Road Bike Review for the Colnago Master
X-
> > > Light. The bike handles, climbs and accelerates like a dream, most
> > > say. However, quite a few also point out the problematic paint of
the
> > > frame. Chips and nicks are easily made.
> >
> > > For a 2000 dollar frame, you would think that they would put more
> > > thought into paint durability.
> >
> > The big problem with Colnago paint is that it can't be easily touched
> > up or redone due to the beautiful artwork. Other than that, I don't
> > find their paint to be any less durable than that on other bikes I've
> > owned. My C40 and my Dream both have beautiful paint jobs. The C40 is
> > flawless and the Dream has a few of the typical scratches that a race
> > bike would. But I take generally good care of my bikes.
> >
> > If you want a flawless finish, get a titanium bike. Fingerprints and
> > grease come off with Lemon Pledge and scratches come out with a
> > Scotchbrite pad. Unfortunately, Ti is a relatively boring finish in
> > comparison to Ernesto's finest.
> >
> > Lee
>
> I'm really worried about this paint issue. Mike Perry from Maestro UK
> thinks I shouldn't even bother covering up with coat of book jacket. I
> mean, I never had a Colnago steel, this is going to be my first one,
> and its been a dream. What is your final say on this, should I really
> be concerned about the paint and ditch my dreams?
>
> B.D
>

An additional coat of clear may provide some protection. This should be
done by a professional painter to ensure that there isn't any reaction
between the original coatings and the new clearcoat.

"Some" of the current Italian paint jobs appear to be much better than
those of 15-20 years ago, which just looking at them hard could cause
paint to chip off!

They apparently didn't do much flux cleanup or metal preparation before
painting. Rust always formed around the braze-ons especially the brake
cable guides on the top tubes.

Chas.

 

[sergio]

On 31 Lug, 19:41, "* * Chas"
> "Some" of the current Italian paint jobs appear to be much better than
> those of 15-20 years ago,

As I understood, from that guy who sprays Colnagoes all year around,
great care is taken to clean and prepare the bare metal. Also, a
clearcoat is always applied.

By the way, this Pamapaint Company is run by two partners. One is the
one who prepares and submits, for Ernesto to judge and choose, those
elaborate embellishments and replicas of famous artworks. He said that
it is done mainly to make life as hard as possible for candidate
forgers.

Sergio
Pisa