Calling it four aces and a wild card, Colnago just rounded out their C68 line with the fifth bike. Now you can choose from the C68 Road, Allroad, Road Ti, Gravel, and now… the C68 Rim Brake. Like the other C68 models, the Rim Brake is their top tier with a modular frame built in Italy and hand-assembled in Cambiago.
To make the C68 platform accept rim brakes, Colnago added several revisions. Those include a fork modification to run direct-mount, double-pivot brakes, reengineering the seat stays to accept direct-mount rim brakes, and adding new 3D-printed titanium dropouts.
That makes the bike compatible with direct-mount, dual-pivot rim brake calipers with up to 28mm wide tires. However, the frame is also only compatible with electronic groupsets meaning you’ll most likely have to use one of the following:
- Campagnolo Super Record EPS Groupset 2×12 – Mechanical Rim Brakes
- Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 R9250 2x12v Rim Brake
- Sram Force eTap AXS 2X Rim Brake Groupset
Available only as a frame kit, the package includes the frame, fork, seatpost, and CeramicSpeed SLT headset. That headset utilizes a “solid lubricating system” which allows Colnago to give it a lifetime warranty and hopefully means you’ll never have to reroute the cables and housings through it due to a bad bearing. That’s less of a pain here without hydraulic disc brakes, but still…
Available in seven sizes, the Colnago C68 Rim Brake frame kit will sell for $7,750.
