This article originally appeared on BikeRadar
The Colnago Concept was launched last month in Germany, the first production aero road bike from the Italian maker that has a history of producing some of the most drool-worthy bicycles in existence. The Concept shares its name with a ground-breaking design from three decades ago that was never released to the general public, but the 2017 machine is an entirely new project.
Colnago Concept frameset highlights
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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- 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
- Frame weight is a claimed 990g without paint, plus 400g for the fork
- Direct mount brakes offer clearance for tyres up to 28mm (depending on rim choice)
- Special composite headset cups absorb road vibration and isolate fork from frame
- 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 BBs
Colnago Concept spec overview — as tested
- Weight: 6.9kg including pedals (size 50s)
- Frame: Concept
- Fork: Concept
- Seatpost: Concept aero
- Handlebar: Deda carbon
- Stem: Deda
- Levers: Campagnolo Super Record
- Rear derailleur: Campagnolo Super Record
- Brakes: Campagnolo Super Record direct mount
- Cranks: Campagnolo Super Record 52/36
- Cassette: Campagnolo Super Record 11-27
- Chain: Campagnolo Record
- Wheels: Campagnolo Bora Ultra 50
- Tyres: Tufo S3 Elite 23mm tubular
- Saddle: Selle Italia SLR for Colnago
Colnago Concept frame and equipment
Colnago 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. My size 50s bike (that's a 50cm sloping frame, equivalent to a typical medium) weighed 6.9kg with pedals.
Colnago 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. The wedge design makes swapping out stems a time-consuming affair, and with a crowd of persnickety journalists to please no chances were being taken.
Oh, and the choice of old-school 23mm tyres was perhaps a little odd given the large clearances available but as we soon discovered, the quality of the roads meant these were just fine and dandy.
Colnago Concept ride impression
Colnago Concept early verdict
Colnago Concept pricing and availability
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