Any other Colnago owners out there? Or road bike owners?

[Nick Fouche]

Just wanted to see if any other folks on the forums own a Colnago bike??

I have a CLX 3.0 and love to cycle all around Sydney.

Show us some pics of your ride??



Anyone who loves riding in Sydney I'm keen to get out and ride on weekends.

[Slunnie]

Not many road bikes on here.

I have a Cervelo P3 time trial bike for triathlon.

[weeds]

I only Giant Defy.........not overly flash but when I'm fit I seem to be able to keep up with the name bikes

Have a friend in Sydney that rides colnago I think.......she is putting I the k's as she heading over to ride behind/before the Tour de France

[davidsonsm]

Pinarello Paris. 2007 vintage. Would love a Dogma when funds permit. I found riding in sydney was bad for my health. One of the reasons I moved back to Melbourne. Cyclist just don't seem welcome.

I used to ride with Sydney CC out of Centennial Park. The ride down to Waterfall is great, once you're past the airport. Used to really enjoy the rides up around Church point and the northern beaches (akuna bay).

Commuting in to the city used to amaze me. Amazing how bike unfriendly the city is. Things are improving though. Don't mean to take this on a downer.

[JayBoRover]

I love riding my Scott F01L Premium. I do between 350 and 450 km's per week on it - 32+ kms each way commuting, a bit of road and Criterium racing, a regular cafe ride every Saturday and then the odd extra social ride thrown in.

[Nick Fouche]

That Scott bike is porn! Very nice.

Sydney is unfriendly have been commuting for around 3-4 years now.

Cyclists are the devil but yes things are slowly improving but not enough.

[clubagreenie]

I only every used to ride Colnage steel frames when I was racing. Helped that I was just given them, plus groupsets. I never got used to alloy or carbon on the road. Saying that I'm now riding a Giant Talon 29er0.

I had a few Masters and then 2 Conics. Both conics ended up scrapped after accidents but sold the lugsets for the value of the new frames.

[Marmoset]

I'm rolling around on a Wilier Gran Turismo, 100Km's a week on the commute at the moment - a bit of mtbing at the weekends with or without my son and far too many other hobbies to get any more than that in on the road bike.


Jayborover, do you go up the Kwinana PSP? I was passed by someone in KTM kit this morning on what looked like your bike, I was noting to myself that the wind would make it interesting on those wheels with the easterly.

[DiscoWeb]

Unfortunately no Colnago or fancy carbon framed bikes for me, I ride a cheap ALU Trek roadie and have a lovely Cannondale MTB hanging on the wall not getting much love.

I have commuted a few days a week to work for the best part of 15 yrs in Sydney, 20 km each way.

Use to be 4 days a week when I was doing lots of MTB riding now days I try and do two day a week and if time permits a ride on a Sat or Sunday, but with kids sport, 4wding, the odd surf and other things the weekends get pretty crowded.

However, living South of Sydney I can honestly say that the ride to the CBD is actually much better now than when I started. I manage to us bike paths and cycle ways most of the way, but it still amazes me how bad the attitude of drivers on Sydney roads in peak hour is (but do not want to start that debate).

Enjoy the Colnago !!

[JayBoRover]

Jayborover, do you go up the Kwinana PSP? I was passed by someone in KTM kit this morning on what looked like your bike, I was noting to myself that the wind would make it interesting on those wheels with the easterly.

Heh, yep - that was me! That KTM cycling kit is pretty rare. Bought that well before KTM cycles were available in Australia. (The bike probably comes close to being as rare - not many people are stupid enough to spend that much on bike you still have to pedal).
They're certainly not my preferred wheels for those conditions but probably better than the deep dish, tubular Easton EC90TT wheels I race with. My best wheels are Mavic R-SYS SLR, but they're back in the shop again for the second blown spoke I've had in less than a year! Grrr.
That was a good bit of breeze this morning. Had to ride home in the afternoon after my wife got a bushfire alert text. Had to make sure the Landy's were safe.
Where do you ride from/to?