Most lugged carbon builders cut the tubes off straight and stick them into or over the lugs, but then the joint strength is entirely dependent on the lug’s strength. Integral to the C40 are one-piece molded, hand-finished carbon lugs that eliminate the bonding problems and weight of aluminum lugs and are stronger, stiffer, lighter (and costlier) than carbon lugs made of separate parts glued together. Yes, that's a terrible bartape, I will redo it when I have the time.Mitered tubes ready for the bottom bracket shell Wheelset has been swapped out for a pair of Bora Ultra 35 Dark Label and it looks so much better.Īnd after scrolling through WW more, I realised that this frame used to belong to Bely as he's local to me and this frame was probably bought from him by the previous owner, along with a handful more sweet rides. Will probably be changing the stem to a longer one as I feel like I can still have a slightly longer reach. After a couple of rides, had dialed in the saddle height (raised it slightly) and adjusted the bars downwards. Initially measured the C-C instead of C-T of the seat tube.Īlso adjusted the saddle height and bar angle, initial photos were taken when the bike was first built and had not been adjusted yet, hence the untighten stem bolt and overly high bar angle.
#Colnago c40 mapei update#
It's been awhile since I made the original post so I thought I should update this.įirst things first, I realised I had the sizing wrong and it is a 54cm and not a 52cm, which explains why the frame seemed so big at first. Really nice, that’s the generation with oversize tubbing (second generation of C40), prior B-stay and prior prior the HP-chainstay.Įnvoyé de mon iPhone en utilisant Tapatalk Shortroadie wrote:No doubt a holy grail for me, the first carbon frame to win Paris Roubaix. I'm absolutely stoked by the weight as it's lighter than my C60, but probably due to the tubular wheels. Have yet to ride it, probably will do so within the next week!įull bike weighs 7.04kg as in the pictures
#Colnago c40 mapei upgrade#
Headset is a Cane Creek one, might consider getting a Chris King one as I think it'll look better, but thats another upgrade for another time. The groupset looks absolutely beautiful and makes me not want to risk damaging it by riding it. It's built up with a Campagnolo 80th Anniversary Groupset, yes I know that the purists out there will say its not period correct, but I wanted something modern (11 Speed) since it had 135mm spacing.
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Its an old frame and hence isn't in the best condition, with quite a few scratches here and there. Also, I looked at some other posts about C40 Mapeis and realised that the paint scheme is slightly different (C40 words on seat tube) and was wondering if there were different versions of this paint scheme. If anyone can identify it please let me know. I think its a mk2 or mk3, but can't be too sure.
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Thought about it for 2 weeks and ended up going back to get this C40 frame. After a short chat, he told me that he had a crash a few months ago and was looking to sell off a couple of his bikes. Short story behind this bike went to pick up a pair of Ultegra pedals I found online and when the seller opened the room of bikes, I was greeted by a wall of Colnagos, with 3 C50s, 2 C40s, a C59 Mapei and a C60 Mapei. No doubt a holy grail for me, the first carbon frame to win Paris Roubaix.