Hand built in Cambiago, Italy), this video documents how the new Colnago C60 is built from raw materials.
I have been there last year, and have to say it’s pretty impressive to see the process .
I saw the same guys has in the video but they were building the C59.
Have also to say that I found the factory pretty empty, and video give me the same feeling. Has if the products are not made there.. but maybe 6000kms away.
Beautiful bike! I personally like the V1-r.
Colnago needs to make a living for it’s owners and whatever number of employees it has on the books. If they only build bikes in Italy, they’ll all be priced accordingly, hence the price of the C60. Obviously they’ll not sell that many per year, to cover costs and make enough money to live well.
Please stop yourself before your write anything disparaging about Colnago or far flung places.
@ Eyal :
I can’t tell you how much I love those bikes, and the spirit of the company. I even got the chance to chat with Ernesto and take a picture.
I am not saying that they actually outsource their top range. But the feeling in the factory in Italie is that, the workers are only here when you visit the factory ( or now do this video).
And then again I might be wrong, because you can tell that the way they work they have been doing it for a long time over and over again.
Maybe would be nice to know an approx number of top range bike sold
With, what I’ve heard is, the typical Italian work schedule, the quality(assumed), and volume of bikes produced by them in Italy, it wouldn’t be so surprising you get that feeling. They might only do full carbon manufacturing a few days a week(I’m only guessing here). Don’t they paint a large percentage of their bikes in Italy though?
c’mon, even with all the love that we have for Colnago and his racing heritage, do they really want us to believe that they make the frames in Italy? Let’s open our eyes, and I don’t mean that in a negative way, everything is made in China (Taiwan), they are even owned by the Taiwanese… And in Pinarello, same story, they just paint the frames here in Italy.
I lusted for a carbon Colnago since the ’93 introduction of the C40. I couldn’t afford it. Fifteen years later, I could finally afford a made in Italy, Campy equipped C50. Yea it’s two editions out of date, but out on the road it still makes me smile. By far, the best biking dollars I’ve ever spent.
Colnago was one of the first Italian bicycle makers to outsource their carbon frames to Giant. Only the top-of-the-line C59/C60 are mostly made in Italy. I have one of the mid-range frames made by the Giant factory and I love it regardless. Just can’t justify spending over 6K just for a frame!
