Check out this "Colnago" fork

[chismog]

Unusual, no? And I don't mean just unusual for this eBay "Colnago". What is that thing?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Colnago-Titanio-racebike-frameset-1999-size-53x54-5-Titanium/321664143554?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%2 6asc%3D29310%26meid%3D748dc5bf8252407bb66a69659d2c 8f38%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D1615 99253642&rt=nc

http://cdn01.trixum.de/upload2/84000/83949/1/1d8a5fb7890585e0011d7059f0c8da592.jpg

[pbarry]

Ti fork with a cast or machined crown.

[sw3759]

not sure about that fork.judging by the welds that frame almost looks more like aluminum than titanium

[dave thompson]

Colnago was a somewhat early, and IMO unsuccessful, adopter of titanium and didn't do a terribly good job with it. I had a BiTitan, a twin downtube titanium noodle. An interesting bike but not fun on the twisty downhills.

[wallymann]

my Ti ovalmaster's russian-sourced welding was pretty coarse like this, nothing like the artful execution you see on american-sourced Ti welding.

i dont see any engravings on it to suggest it's really a colnago. and ive *never* seen that paint scheme on a colnago. and i've *never* seen a colnago frame that looked like that. and i've *never* seen a Ti colnago fork.

IIRC all the (early) colnago single-downtube titaniums had a shaped "master profile" top-tube. unless provided with compelling evidence to the contrary that's a bogus colnago.

[oldpotatoe]

my Ti ovalmaster's russian-sourced welding was pretty coarse like this, nothing like the artful execution you see on american-sourced Ti welding.

i dont see any engravings on it to suggest it's really a colnago. and ive *never* seen that paint scheme on a colnago. and i've *never* seen a colnago frame that looked like that. and i've *never* seen a Ti colnago fork.

IIRC all the (early) colnago single-downtube titaniums had a shaped "master profile" top-tube. unless provided with compelling evidence to the contrary that's a bogus colnago.

Customer has an aluminum Colnago cross frame. One inch threaded fork but no magnet sticks to it and not aluminum(threaded). So gotta be titanium. Frame probably 10-12 years old.