It was designed for high-performance and really helped Merckx surpass his competition, cementing him as one of the greatest of all time. The Colnago Super was manufactured with a shorter, stiffer, and lighter frame. The frame itself was manufactured with the highest quality Columbus SL steel tubes. This bicycle Eddy Merckx’s very own Colnago Super Team Molteni from 1971, on this actual bike, Eddy Merckx raced and won the 1971 edition of Liège-Bastogne-Liège.Įddy Merckx’s signature is visible on the top tube of the frame and it is still in the original paintwork that Eddy Merckx and his team would have ridden in. Have any questions about the Colnago C64 road bike? Send us an email any time to or give us a call during business hours.Eddy Merckx's Personal Colnago Molteni Team Bike, 1971 But like that momentous win in 1970, the C64 Gold Private Collection is the brand once again finding itself at their absolute best. Nearly anything can be made into a occasion, from a Milan-San Remo win, to the 64th year of Colnago's existence as a prestigious cycling manufacturer.
Perhaps this Gold Private Edition channels the same spirit that created the ace of clubs identity in the first place. If anything, it sticks true to the formula set by the Colnago C40, the first carbon road bike to win the Paris-Roubaix: conservative in appearance, but extremely cohesive in design and application. To call this Colnago C64 Gold Private Collection road bike part of an awakening would be a lie. Sure, there are lighter bikes out there, but is there anything more 'Colnago' than this? For the number-hungry among us, this comes in at 14.59 lbs without pedals. But the Lightweight Meilenstein C 24D Schwarz Ed wheels, SRM Origin cranks with custom Carbon Ti chainrings, Berk Composites saddle, and gold CeramicSpeed pulley setup and bottom bracket really set the tone for what amounts to a ultra-lux ride. A Shimano Dura-Ace R9170 groupset is standard fare, relatively speaking. With a frame this snazzy, it only makes sense that rest of the bike rises to the occasion. The standard C64 was already a special bike, this is just the gold flake icing on top. It's 24K gold leaf detailing on the frame, fork, seatpost, and saddle is complemented by a little number plate under the bottle cage to distinguish it from other C64 bikes. Limited to just sixty-four total bikes worldwide, the C64 Gold Private Edition builds on the Colnago’s revamped flagship road bike debuted mid 2018. And while lugged construction largely died in the 80's alongside steel road bikes, there's little to prevent the C64 from being one of the most-modern road bikes available today.īut if the "all gold everything" conspicuousness doesn't make it immediately obvious, this Colnago is one for the ages. Among other things, this allows Colnago to offer a wide range of frame sizes and either a sloping or a horizontal top tube. While most brands build their carbon fiber bikes through a monocoque construction, the C64 sticks to it's lugged carbon nearly all the way through. Since then, founder Ernesto Colnago decided every namesake bicycle, even this Colnago C64 Gold Private Collection road bike, had to carry the ace as a reminder of Colnago's values, and a memory of the this momentous occasion. 'In fiore', which translates to mean 'in bloom', signified the start of a reawakening for Italian cycling. Because it was the first win of the Milan-San Remo by an Italian in quite a while, well-known Italian sports reporter Bruno Raschi came up with the idea that the 'in fiore' bike won the race. The original ace concept was thought of to commemorate Michele Dancelli having won the 1970 Milan-Sanremo on a Colnago.
For decades, the Colnago name has been synonymous with the ace of clubs.
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