No much words needed.įrame: Colnago C40 Mapei Team edition 1998Ĭrankset: Shimano Dura Ace 7700 (172,5mm)Ĭondition: Used, but good condition.
#MAPEI COLNAGO C40 FULL#
Full carbon frameset is shinning in outstanding Mapei paintjob and equipped with Shimano Dura ace 7700 groupset, ITM cockpit. Here we are proudly presenting the legened of the cobblestones – C OLNAGO C40 Mapei, which dates back to 1998. The Colnago C40 won 5 out of 6 editions of Paris-Roubaix in years (1995-2000) and several world champion titles in years 1996-2002. Stars riders included A braham Olano, Johan Museeuw, Michele Bartoli, Franco Ballerini, Óscar Freire, Frank Vandenbroucke, Axel Merckx, Andrea Tafi, Tony Rominger, Paolo Bettini among the others… For 7 years in a row (1994-2000) they won UCI Team rankings. Looking back from another decade, we examine that Mapei team earned a unique place in cycling history. They were the biggest and most ambitious team that cycling has ever seen and won practically everything. Mapei was an Italian-based pro cycling team active from 1993 to 2002, named after sponsoring firm MAPEI.
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. Colnago could have created something with perhaps a swoopy, futuristic profile befitting its revolutionary design. That’s the reason why the C40 is the favourite bike of all time for so many people - including Sir Bradley Wiggins.
#MAPEI COLNAGO C40 HOW TO#
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. Full carbon frame with Master profile carbon tubes bonded to carbon lugs. There was Franco Ballerini’s victory in the 1996 edition of Paris-Roubaix, aboard a C40. Colnago enjoyed much success during this partnership, which ended in 2002. For Ernesto Colnago winning Paris-Roubaix with a carbon-fibre bike was its final proof as the best. Why Mapei During the 1990s Colnago supplied bikes for the iconic Mapei team - one of their greatest ever - with their colourful cubed jerseys. In 1994 Colnago started to produce their very successful model C40 - ‘C’ for carbon and ‘40’ to commemorate Colnago’s 40th year in business. 57 cm Colnago C40 Art Decor AD10 Shimano Dura Ace.This is the world famous Colnago C40 made in Collaboration with Ferrari in stylish Art Decor 10 Mapei colors.1998This is the same frame that made fame on the 1998 Paris-Roubaix. 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.
#MAPEI COLNAGO C40 PROFESSIONAL#
In 1952 he founded Colnago and started to work as mechanic for several professional teams. At age 13 he entered in world of two wheels and immediately he fall in love with bikes and cycling. Ernesto Colnago was born on Februin Cambiago, near Milan, Italy.
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