The wedge design makes swapping out stems a time-consuming affair, and with a crowd of pernickety journalists to please no chances were being taken. My size 50s bike (that’s a 50cm sloping frame, equivalent to a typical medium) weighed 6.9kg with pedals.Ĭolnago doesn’t do standard builds as such, but this one’s very much in line with what we’d expect the well-heeled Campagnolo enthusiast to choose, except for the fact that our test bikes didn’t have the new super-aero Concept stem fitted for reasons of practicality. Super Record and Bora Ultra 50 wheels make this one desirable and expensive machine Matthew Allen / Immediate MediaĬolnago supplied the journalists on the launch with bikes dressed up to the nines with full Campagnolo Super Record groupsets and deep section Bora Ultra 50 tubular wheels. Cassette: Campagnolo Super Record 11-27.Brakes: Campagnolo Super Record direct mount.Rear derailleur: Campagnolo Super Record.Weight: 6.9kg including pedals (size 50s).Colnago’s own ThreadFit 82.5 bottom bracket shell claims to combine the best features of threaded and press-fit bottom brackets, and accepts all BB86 BBsĬolnago Concept spec overview - as tested.Special composite headset cups absorb road vibration and isolate fork from frame.

Direct mount brakes offer clearance for tyres up to 28mm (depending on rim choice).

Frame weight is a claimed 990g without paint, plus 400g for the fork.

Wind-tunnel tested carbon frameset with truncated aerofoil tube sections, internal cabling and dedicated aero seatpost claims to save 20 watts at 50km/h against range-topping C60.

We covered the features of the new frameset in some detail in our launch story, but just to refresh your memory, these are the highlights:

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