Colnago C59 for Colnago-CSF Bardiani

The Colnago-CSF Bardiani team will be riding a Colnago C59 again this year but with slightly different graphics (above) incorporating the Italian national colors. The bikes will also be equipped with Campagnolo Super Record again.

Actually, I just recalled that the frame looks like the C59 Unification of Italy model without the 150 touches (top tube, down tube, fork) that I published a photo in March:



The 2011 team bike:


Photo (top): Bettini

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New: Colnago C59

The good people at http://www.cyclingnews.com/ have some spy photos of the unannounced new C59 model from Colnago. Ernesto Colnago had alluded to some new surprises for later this year. The C59 will makes it first appearance tomorrow in Stage 2 of the Giro.

More details, and photos, from cyclingnews.com here.

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