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Video: Colnago shows how it puts a C60 frame together

Italian bike maker takes you inside its factory in Cambiago to reveal work that goes into its high-end road frame

Ever wondered how a top-end carbon fibre frame is put together? This video takes you inside Colnago’s factory in Cambiago, Italy, to show you the work that goes into producing its C60 frame, launched earlier this year.

You can read our review of the Colnago C60 from May this year here, plus here’s a look at the one being ridden by Europcar’s Yukiya Arashiro in the Tour de France.

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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Nick T | 9 years ago
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Nick T | 9 years ago
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As would be the case with almost every other Italian brand, and indeed worldwide. Monocoque frames produced in the Far East aren't a bad thing, but colnago maintaining the employment of the frame builders who've worked for the firm for years is something that should be applauded.

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truffy | 9 years ago
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True enough. Speaking of which, I think the Oltre is a better-looking bike than the C60. It's just a pity that I don't have the dedication, money, or ability to justify one.

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truffy | 9 years ago
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And if they were to post a video of their monocoque frame production it wouldn't have any Italians in it!  21

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Nick T | 9 years ago
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Tube to tube, where you mitre the tubes, wrap in carbon then bake together in epoxy to make the joint? What so different to this, where the tube is mitred, sleeved in carbon then baked together in an epoxy to make the joint?

I can see an argument for monocoque moulding being "better", but when frames have been made this way for 20 years without issue the whole thing becomes moot - and Colnago's peerless EU standard frame test results show that there's nothing inferior about their method anyway.

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Vinerman | 9 years ago
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its all well and good, nicley finished product and well presented, but still lugged frame, the weak point is where the lug meets the tube, its the same technology since day one, tube meets lug, throughout they changed the diameter of the lug and the tube but the concept remains the same. imo it does not compare to tube-to-tube bonding.

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Nick T | 9 years ago
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That would suggest you let your wife know the cost for one. A bold, bold move...

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ajmarshal1 replied to Nick T | 9 years ago
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Nick T wrote:

That would suggest you let your wife know the cost for one. A bold, bold move...

I didn't tell her it was just for the frame....

There'll be some hasty, other bike sacrificial, panic cannibalisation going on in the shed once it arrives.

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Nick T | 9 years ago
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Lovely.

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ajmarshal1 replied to Nick T | 9 years ago
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I'm fortunate enough to have been allowed one of these for my birthday next year. This isn't helping with impatience. The problem now is deciding on paint scheme.

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