We like to feature a range of bikes in our bedtime slot but this one might just be the shiniest that we’ve ever seen. The problem is, we can’t figure out if it is absolutely stunning, or a bit much.
One thing that we’re certain about is the fact that this isn’t ever going to be ridden in the rain. You just couldn’t, could you?
The frame is a Colnago Mexico that harks back to the 1970’s and was created in celebration of Eddy Merckx’s hour record in, you guessed it, Mexico.
Seeing as this road.cc writer wasn’t around back then, a little trip to cycling-obsession.com was needed to help with the question of how you’d identify a true Colnago Mexico. Apparently, the Mexico differs from the Super in that the Mexico uses round chain stays where the Super had indentations for chainring and tyre clearance. It also used thinner Columbus Record tubing for a lighter frame.
The bike, which is available for sale at Sigma Sports, features a midnight black base frame colour with gold logos.
Naturally, for a bike such as this, a Campagnolo groupset is used, though special attention has been paid to the cranks and spider which feature small Colnago logos and Ernesto Colnago’s name engraved.
Gold components can’t be easy to get hold of, but KMC makes a range of its chains in a gold-plated design and this K8 looks brand new to us.
The wheels are things of beauty and while we can’t see any logos, there are very few producers of gold tubular rims out there, so these must be Ambrosio Montreal rims. If they are laced to anything other than Campagnolo hubs, we’d be very surprised.
A bike such as this deserves a great set of tyres to really complement the ride and Vittoria has been chosen, though it looks like the relatively sensible Rally model to us rather than a set of older Corsa EVO SC.
At the front end of the bike is a Campagnolo external headset that we can only imagine is buttery smooth and this holds a Campagnolo Cinquantenario stem, a component that was released to celebrate 50 years of the Italian brand.
If you’ve got a handlebar that is this shiny, you’re not going to cover it in too much bar tape and only the drops are wrapped.
The traditional brake levers with cables extending from the top of the hood are positioned low on the drops and the brake levers themselves are finished in, you guessed it, gold.
Would you buy this bike? If you’re interested, you’ll need to leap forward a few decades and enquire by sliding into Sigma Sports’ DMs.
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Photos courtesy of Ewan Thacker
10 thoughts on “Bike at Bedtime – Gold Colnago Mexico”
Money doesn’t buy taste. That
Money doesn’t buy taste. That is awful.
Not nearly enough bar tape in
Not nearly enough bar tape in my opinion. Rims, stem, seatpost, levers, chainset…cover the lot!
(Nice frame though.)
Well if you don’t want it
Well if you don’t want it then I’d be happy to take it off your hands…
Welsh boy wrote:
all gorgeous except for the gold and the fact that it’s never been ridden.
That bike smells of Brute on
That bike smells of Brute on a open shirted man.
Brut – no ‘e’.
Brut – no ‘e’.
Not saying you’re wrong, mind.
Bugger. It was Brut. Can you
Bugger. It was Brut. Can you still get it? More of an Old Spice man myself. I used to wear it before I climbed through a ladies’ window to deliver a box of chocolates. (younger generation won’t have a clue what I’m on about)
Rims could also be Mavic OR10
Rims could also be Mavic OR10 which was a gold coloured tubular rim. Built a pair of wheels with them once.
Front brake cable should be
Front brake cable should be routed behind the handlebar to avoid the nasty kink. Come on, Sigma Sports, details matter!
… ‘Just because you can,
… ‘Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should’ …. Here’s the original Mexico Colnago, tasteful by comparison…. better in Molteni.