Dream Bike Build - Colnago Arabesque

[@ec7164]

God bless you Lee for having equipped that beautyful italian Lady with Campagnolo components and not Shimano...👍👍👍

[@seadbiberovic7791]

I'm very happy because that people still like retro road bicycle better than modern electron machine

[@sonny6893]

Colnago + Campagnolo very nice 🔝🔝🔝👏👏👏👍

[@ahmetyetis1506]

So, I was going back and forth between Cinelli Supercorsa and Colnago Arabesque and I think your video has tipped me over to Colnago! Thank you!!!

[@alainpryt9641]

Magnifique montage et vélo sa a quand même un autre charme et une autre gueule que les vélos à disque au moins sa donne l impression de vélo vivant bravo 👍👍👍👏👏👏🚴🏻‍♂️🚴🏻‍♂️🚴🏻‍♂️🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷

[@ste77ful]

La Colnago arabesque e senza dubbio la bici più bella del mondo , ci sono in varie colorazioni che fanno uscire gli occhi . Sono bici da collezione , un peccato usarle ........ tutt'alpiù per qualche passeggiata !! Stupenda

[@darrinschwarz7446]

Rim brakes for the win!

[@Rich915]

Hmm ~ yummy...! A pearl white Colnago with black Campy components :)

[@Thetoad738]

Everything a bicycle should be. Simple and beautiful

[@TXLorenzo]

I am the lucky owner of one of these beautiful bikes, hand made and put together in Italy with Italian components. She rides as fine as much as she is beautiful.

[@bleachlectures3973]

penultimate builder you are working out as grandmaster sensi

[@Pepin-LB]

absolutly beautiful bike

[@kriss3492]

i wouldn't dare to ride on it... so beautiful! and expensive ;-)

[@pixiedixie3682]

Ooooooh! Oooooooh! Bella, Bellísima machina! Bravo!

[@angelodiavolitsis2665]

i don't sleep tonight...i am a dreamer....thank you,masterpiece..

[@barriem5318]

Stunning

[@bolderiks]

Very nice Colnago build up! So glad you used natural coloured aluminium parts for as far as possible, it's in the spirit of the Arabesque! I wonder if the Arabesque frame is still available new from the shelve today?

[@veloatelier6122]

Thanks for watching. Yes this is a new arabesque. The latest version seen here has a thread less steerer instead if threaded. I love the fact that they still make frames like this as well as all of the modern bikes.

[@MrMarkyone]

yes it is i have just bought one,built up with 12 speed super record

[@bolderiks]

@@veloatelier6122 Thank you for your reply! I guess I better start saving for a frame like this ;) The Arabesque gave me goosebumps in the eighties, and it still does today.

[@MrMarkyone]

@@bolderiks go on to weightweenies and there is a thread on the full build of my arabesque

[@davidg2731]

@@veloatelier6122 You can order a threaded steerer also!

[@jamesnicotabares5531]

I wish this would be mine 🤭☺️👍 From the philippines. #FAN

[@balikolaci1]

Looks like a next Mexico Oro for the Pope himself. Congrats btw. for the best of modern classic. Nitto stem and seatpost are a brave but very tastefully matching choice! Tange lugged stem would have added even a bit more spice... but probably might have "stolen the show" from the frame... and the bike is absolutely usable, by no means a garage queen. Chapeau!

[@davidross8233]

I wouldn’t change a thing. Perfection.

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

Great vid! I have a couple classics I show on my channel. I need an Arabesque though!

[@Tomridesandruns]

Beautiful build 👌🏽

[@albertusindrasasmitra3047]

Very nice!

[@armandofernandez5498]

Espectacular, bella máquina.

[@abelhenandezcolon6870]

Belleza única todo un sueño... aunque la posición del manillar no es la correcta y la cinta. Lado izquierdo en contra y derecho a favor, de las manecillas del reloj.

[@harshahettiarachchi8054]

Very nice baiycal

[@RasFarra]

Bellisima!!!

[@MrMarkyone]

very nice same colour as mine

[@dodoslovensko]

This beautiful frame was begging for full polished aluminium components .

[@BuffsVintageBikes]

Beautiful build 👌🏼🙌🏼

[@bikepacking330]

Wow So Good

[@veloatelier6122]

Thanks 😋

[@Ego_Katana]

Beautiful build. I am sad however that modern components are no longer polished aluminum. Black coated just looks ugh to me.

[@Koulter]

😍😍😍😍👏👏👏👏👏👏 preciosa bicicleta y muy buen montada.

[@stefannewels1823]

4:24 Rewrap 🤔🐛😉 Except the Nitto Stuff this bike is tasty as hell

[@ralfp6196]

Wonderful bike. What is the weight?

[@maxsiahaan8071]

Dream dream dream....

[@dontspoilmyride]

Beautiful bike! Though cassette, seatpost, stem and handlebar don't match they should be white, black or chrome.

[@studebaker4217]

Colnago must have bought Hetchins tooling for its 1964 Magnum Opus.

[@dandelionboy7820]

I'm considering doing an arabesque build simular to this with sram Force Etap 1x groupset. Did you have any problems fitting the 12 speed cassette? Did it fit immediately or did you have to cold set the frame?

[@MONYN76ISLAS]

a unique jewel .. modern ones are very ugly .. this is a real bike 🚴🚴

[@cesareduardomoralesgarcia8675]

Diablos se podrá Aser ese cambio de estándar a over en cualquier bici

[@123oner2]

Lovelyyyyyy. Sorry, is there a specific model to find that rim? Thanks

[@jonw5911]

ENVE SES 2.2

[@chirayuthammarit1492]

Please do more videos about exercising specific for cyclists 🙏

[@abastabul9115]

So melodramatic.

[@murcielago188]

Beautiful but, I am not crazy about the black accents and rims, rest perfect!

[@seadbiberovic8063]

Is this nice bike for riding or only for presentation purpose reason ?

[@veloatelier6122]

I’m glad to say this bike gets ridden hard on a daily basis.

[@jerryjin3427]

Wait, what? Arabesque comes with threadless fork as well?

[@veloatelier6122]

depends on what year and version. They have done both.

[@jameshoward9700]

Beautiful frame, but the problem is the steerer size - there are very few good 1" stems (hence Nitto, ahem!) and the geometry of this frame was designed for a higher quill stem. I don't know why Colnago don't either move to 11/8" or stick to a quill...

[@veloatelier6122]

Yes its frustrating. When we ordered this frame it was marketed as having a threaded steerer. Imagine my surprise when it arrived treadless. I did toy with threading it but they told me it would invalidate their warrenty.

[@jameshoward9700]

@@veloatelier6122 Ha ha, I bet they did! Yeah, don't know why Colnago don't either make their own 1" (but the geo is still wrong) or keep them threaded - then you could use a few options - Japanese keirin stems v good (but not very Italian!). Best.

[@attybong]

lovely .. what else can i say ..

[@MrLongboarder87]

Very nice looking build! What grease gun are you using?

[@veloatelier6122]

I use the finish line guns along with Crystal grease which is clear so you can see as soon as any contamination gets into it.

[@Yonok2009]

What are the wheels ? Look great :)

[@veloatelier6122]

Hi Mike They are Royce racing hubs laced onto ENVE 2.4 Rims. There is a video showing them being built on the channel.

[@alexcavill1986]

I just feel these sorts of bikes look wrong with modern stems and spacers! They would look so much better with a quill stem like the Battaglin Marosticana... but the straight bladed forks of the Colnagos look best.. if only there was a a way to combine these two design themes.... 🤔🤫

[@occyman]

Until you ride an old quill and bar and realise how shit they are...I guess I like function more than form

[@murmuriiii]

you can still order it in a threaded fork and I did, quill stem is the a must

[@ronwhite8503]

I was going to make the same comment, that stem is an eyesore on such a beauty. Needed polished alloy groupset too.

[@attybong]

how much did it weigh?

[@drummerboyharm3078]

I guess 8.5 kg?

[@Vip-db2mq]

top top top linda fico até a próxima like ta ai

[@fwcustoms5997]

You better used black Deda stem , dropbar and seatpost and black bottlecage

[@acewilliams7917]

Black stem indeed.

[@veloatelier6122]

The client wanted Silver as a nod to the classic origins of the frame. The stem was actually anodised black when we bought it as Nitto didnt have any silver, so we had it stripped and silver anodised.

[@nikkorivera9669]

What tool did you use to fit the threadless headset may i know?

[@veloatelier6122]

Hi Nikko. We use a Cyclus headset press here in the Service centre.

[@scotiavelo1405]

Hi nice build. Can I ask does the new Campag 12 speed fit on a 10 or 11speed wheel and are there any issues as it’s an older steel frame ? Thanks

[@veloatelier6122]

@@scotiavelo1405 Yeah the 12spd fit on the standard Campag cassette body with no problems. The spacing of the frame is standard 130mm road so it fits perfectly.

[@馬如來]

is colnago arabesque better or wilier triestina superleggera?

[@veloatelier6122]

Both good frames although I would say the Colnago just wins out.

[@馬如來]

@@veloatelier6122 may I ask why? I am thinking about to buy arabesque Frame which is much more expensive....und wilier superleggera is much cheaper...

[@馬如來]

may I ask one more question....which one would be good for long distance ride? thank you very much@@veloatelier6122

[@arcelilotyt9827]

What is the size of the headtube sir?

[@veloatelier6122]

its a 1 1/8" treadless.

[@tobiasponte9139]

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@Gelangmerahhh]

Size frame and wheelset ?

[@Yonok2009]

Nice build but I think this bike needs aluminium components

[@marinusholland]

What kind of wheels are these?

[@veloatelier6122]

They are Royce hubs built onto ENVE rims. There is a separate video about how we built them,

[@rodolfo9215]

... and the pedals?

[@eddydebacker1915]

👍❤

[@trevekneebone369]

Lovely frame. Fugly groupset. Campagnolo has lost the plot these days.

[@danielgentili1320]

I like Campag everything, but on this bike it should have been NOS to stay in keeping with the frame. There were better choices.

[@Raymond-Farts]

I don't like the bar and stem cockpit. The 1 1/8" stuff is okay with modern bikes but a beauty likes this needs the Period parts. A Quill stem is called for.

[@ChrisDemers23]

Lug envy.

[@wismar3630]

Nitto stem? Whyyyyyy??????????

[@veloatelier6122]

Purely due to availability of a 1” steerer and 31.8mm stem. We couldn’t even get a silver one so we had to take a black one and strip and reanodise it Silver to match the aesthetic.

[@wismar3630]

Not a good excuse. If you're going to build up a high quality Italian frame, an Arabesque no less, and you're going to show it off, you should probably go all in. A Nitto stem( I do love Nitto btw) especially one with such modern angles (cnc) just does not "match the aesthetic" at all. It's not even that I'm a purist - it just doesn't match, period. Why not a Cinelli A1 quill stem? why use 31.8 bars? Why a threadless steerer? plenty of threaded Colnago Precisa forks available, I've got three in my studio right now..... Don't mean to come down on you, just a vintage bike lover, Colnago especially. You've got one of the nicest steel bike frames ever made - revere it! No compromise!!! @@veloatelier6122

[@nickadams8952]

No, no, no. What is the point of sticking a threadless headset and black groupset on a classic frame like this?

[@elpoutre2522]

Well you can, if you also put a carbon seat post and a carbon handelbar that matches the wheels, classic frame and modern component style.

[@st3ppenwolf]

Really nice, but that stem gotta go

[@ricric9521]

Nitto parts on an Italian Stallion? Shame.

[@robertosalinas8819]

Su mesa de trabajo está espantosa.., no es..... Pollería... jaja. Pero la bici está bien...con un forro.negro mejor....

[@er.r9819]

Las bicicletas de ante eran obras de arte ,hoy en dia los materiales son feos y caros.

[@sanmarcodu16]

😅😅😅😅😅 une potence zitto sur un colnago arabesque😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@jim-hn7ko]

more accurately, bike assemble.

[@veloatelier6122]

Hi Jim. In the industry we normally refer to pre built bikes that come out of a box as needing assembly. When a bike is created out of parts from scratch we would normally refer to this as a build. For instance I built these wheels rather than assembled them. I also design and fabricate frames under the Meteor Works brand, so I would definately say those bikes are built by me. I hope that makes sense but if you have any other questions please dont hesitate to ask. Stay safe Lee

[@dedyjuhaeni3212]

Nitto? So sad...😭😭😭

[@acewilliams7917]

What's wrong with nitto?

[@kanhucharansingh239]

Donate me one plzzzzzzzzz

[@lesliekirk7036]

Nice bike check my channel out I have one just like that

[@張阿肯]

這龍頭！？？？ 傻了.....

[@indrapt3765]

I hate this video. Hufff