We featured this bike in episode four of our “Fiber Side Chats” podcast: follow the link to hear more!
One of the things that we do best here at Ruckus is updating or converting older bikes to take on new equipment. Sometimes that means retrofitting bikes with internal cable routing or a different bottom bracket standard. Our favorite conversion to do is to equip a bike with a Sram E-Tap group; the work it pretty tedious and time-consuming but it leaves an older bike with an amazingly clean aesthetic.
The first part of the process is the removal of the old cable stop points since E-Tap no longer requires them. The only one needed is for the rear brake for this rim-braked ‘nago. We hacked off the mounts, drilled out the old rivets, filled them with a stabilizer and then layed up a small amount of carbon over the area. This, of course, had to be cast using heat and pressure and then have the excess epoxy removed before we went back and matched the paint.
Have an older Colnago that you want to equip with a modern group? We’re here for ya. Send it on over and have it modernized in no time.