Colnago C40

Colnago C40, Ernesto Colnago
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A lugged carbon frame that won Paris–Roubaix five times on the cobbles of northern France.

Ernesto Colnago worked with Ferrari on carbon fibre. The C40 showed that a light carbon frame could withstand the hardest races and was one of the most successful racing bicycles of the 1990s.

Materials: Carbon tubes and carbon lugs

Manufacture: Built in Cambiago near Milan.

The carbon tubes and the lugs at the joints.

The straight carbon front fork.