| Colnago Bikes are a long established and top rated | | | | championships on. Colnago increased the size of |
| high end Road Cycle manufacturer. Colnago Bikes | | | | their road bike range and during in the 1970's |
| were founded in Cambiago near Milan, Italy in | | | | produced the highly regarded Colnago Super. By |
| 1954 by Ernesto Colnago. Whose idea was to | | | | the mid 1980's Colnago were producing crimped |
| produce top end lightweight steel road bike | | | | tube frames with the Colnago Master and |
| frames for sportsmen and professional cycles. | | | | Master-Light being top end road frames and best |
| Colnago quickly gained a solid reputation in the | | | | sellers. The Colnago Master has been produced in |
| Italian Cycling fraternity. When 1960 Italian Pro | | | | various materials over the years with the aim |
| Cyclist Luigi Arienti rode a Colnago bike to victory | | | | that Colnago frames would get ever lighter stiffer |
| and a Gold Medal in the 1960 Rome Olympic | | | | and stronger. Colnago also started production of |
| Games. This greatlty increased Colnago's standing | | | | their highly rated Precisa Forks the first ever fork |
| in the cycling world and from that point on | | | | to have straight blades. Since the early 1990's |
| established the Colnago brand amongst the elite | | | | Colnago has produced the C40 and later Colnago |
| road bicycle frame makers. Throughout the | | | | C50 a carbon fibre road frame produced in |
| sixties Colnago bikes were ridden in all the major | | | | conjunction with Ferrari. And one of the highest |
| Tours including the Giro d'Italia, Vuelta Espana and | | | | rated Road Frames on the market. |
| Tour De France. In 1972 the world's greatest | | | | Colnago has had a strong presence in cycle |
| cyclist Eddie Merckx rode a Colnago Bike to break | | | | teams, sponsoring teams since the 1970s, such |
| the World hour record. | | | | teams as the Eddie Merckx led Molteni. More |
| The Colnago bike he rode that day has become | | | | recent teams sponsored by Colnago bicycles |
| famous in the cycling world and has since been | | | | include Team Milram, Team Rabobank and US |
| displayed all over the world including Eddies home | | | | Team Navigators. Colnago continue to have a |
| town of Brussels, Belgium. In 1982 Colnago | | | | place at the very top of road cycling |
| produced the super light Columbus steel frame | | | | manufactures and offer fantastic quality and a |
| that Italian cyclist Saroni won the world road race | | | | wealth of experience and cycle history. |