Johan Museeuw's Colnago C40 Pro Bike

[@infidelgastro]

Yup, it's still a beauty. I wish it were mine. Back in the 80's/90's I was still riding a steel frame Peugeot with toe clip pedals, a 6 clog rear cassette 12/26 with Shimano Tourney derailleurs and down tube shifters.

[@RodClark]

I'm 43 and this bike takes me right back. I was fortunate to ride a C40 many times "back in the day." Loved the frame, never really loved the forks and the front end geometry on the Colnago bikes at the time to be honest. Another frame from that era that was just mega, albeit somewhat less iconic, would be the Bianchi 110th Anniversary Titanium. Spectacular bike. Impossible to get. Thanks Si for paying respects to such an iconic and great bike!

[@partsbinspecial1457]

Love it! Keep the retro pro bikes coming!

[@suhdud4646]

As a 5 year old kid back in 1995, it was my fathers first full carbon bike and I fell in love with the quatrefoil top tube at the time. I have just a few days ago managed to buy the same frame that has been my poster frame for as long as I can remember - Clear coat black carbon with yellow liveries. Bucketlist item #1 in the bag. Next on the list is a pair of retro campagnolo shamals. All the money saved buying Chinese carbon (no regrets) has been put to fantastic use and secured me my childhood dream bike.

[@tommyfreckmann6857]

We were born the same year then. So, do you still have your C40 and what is the verdict?

[@suhdud4646]

Yeah, I still do have the C40 and my old man takes it out once a week during his group rides until I get back in town. He still to this day tells me how its the most comfortable bike his ridden.@@tommyfreckmann6857

[@tommyfreckmann6857]

​@suhdud4646 that is awesome! I love my C40!

[@donalsinnott4303]

do more classic bikes! Its interesting to see the changes in technology over the years

[@milo5507]

Love these retro bikes videos!

[@BikeItUK]

Great looking bike and one that I need to add to my list to do. Just finished a Colnago Master Piu and love it so much so that I'd put it over any new carbon ride! Thanks for the video Si, all the best Andy

[@literoadie3502]

Dura Ace 7700 cranks were not hollow, they were in fact solid aluminium. It was the Octalink bottom bracket spindle that was hollow, the original 'HollowTech', before 'HollowTech II' with it's hollow arms and integrated hollow spindle arrived in 2003 in the form of Dura Ace 7800!

[@joelaustin5602]

thanks GCN for another great video. love every video

[@briancartoscelli8029]

those C-40's are so sweet

[@mohammedalshaikhli3891]

Watching this while waiting for mine to come next week.. can't wait honestly

[@Your_Paramour]

At the velocipede bike shop in Sydney they have a C40 in the Mapei colour scheme.

[@wms201]

beautiful retro bike

[@carnsoaks1]

similar lug method Colnago and BMC use, in todays peleton, love the look of the UAE bike

[@paullewis2677]

Si - you mentioned custom geometry and in particular the seat tube angle, but as far as I'm aware the lugs don't change shape (i.e. the socket angles are fixed), so Colnago can make the frame bigger or smaller in very specific increments but they do not change the angles of the tubes. Could you clarify this please? #torqueback

[@Dhungerf60]

So, now it's an 8 speed! In the previous video, it was a 9 speed!

[@jamesheath4845]

I thought that until recently. I was truing an 8 speed wheel in a 9 speed bike, and decided to shift through the cassette just to see, and it inexplicably worked perfectly. there was an extra shift half way through the cassette, but it ran silently. i don't know why, but it does work

[@oliviermaunaert227]

Great presentation, thank you very much. I would love that you can do the same presentation with the C40 that Johan won his first Paris-Roubaix with the Mapei and Colnago C40 treble.

[@conorverbruggen5133]

Rimmed by Durex. We've all been there

[@NeoPayneHK]

all time best bike switch to compact, it still be a winning machine

[@philg6757]

I do believe I`m in need of the cold spoon treatment,Nice.

[@trackie1957]

Those “little seen” Shimano DA seat posts were pretty, but the super thin mast can fail spectacularly. I was just looping around waiting for buddies in a parking lot when suddenly the saddle parted ways from the bike! Very short ride that day. Just lucky I am still a tenor...

[@michaltoman2805]

My legs hurt just looking at those cranks and gears.

[@glennmcqueen9475]

Had one of these as well as a ct1 and master all in mapei. Best one was the ct1

[@sharktamer]

Drivetrain's looking a bit grubby, wonder how much restraint it took for Simon to not clean it.

[@samivillatorre6317]

Hermosa bicicleta 🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🇲🇽

[@Guoenyi]

Back in the days when bike painting was a thing

[@theterrible1]

Jizz machine. Best paint job in the history of cycling.

[@matthershey2392]

Superb bike, but Si forgot to weigh it. Perhaps the gravity of its heritage was too much for him to lift.

[@JS-tb9hu]

I wanted the weight too

[@BlacklistCycling]

Hahaha

[@BloodySpyBR]

Matt Hershey *slow clap*

[@pf465]

That bike would weigh in around 16.5 - 17.5 ish. None of those parts are particularly feathery, but they were strong and durable. as the weight goes for this era, with tubulars, 28 front radial laced, 32 rear, it was pretty avg weight especially with the added carbon for stiffness.

[@treygray2817]

@@pf465 I suspect it's 18lbs or so

[@obi-wankenobi9871]

I just can understand the reasons for such a high transmission ratio. Even the lowerst is something like 1 to 3.

[@nicolainielsen7700]

Is it just me, or is the front tyre flat?

[@cup_and_cone]

they're 17 year old latex tubs...of course they're flat

[@WhenYouFlying]

Nicolai Nielsen it's funny how they try to hide it

[@itarry4]

Not sure it is flat, think it's just down in a gap in the cobbles, seems to be the same tyres Simon rode in the Modern vrs Retro video they put up today as well.

[@simonknowles4267]

Ian Nick Tarry is it me or is the chain a little stretched.

[@chiwanau]

air didn't exist back then

[@CyclingCharan]

hellishly sweet

[@cyclingwatercolours]

A classic Colnago frame with those bullet proof wheels, love it...

[@kaaarl5014]

My dad has a friend that has a colnago that looks like that he was the king of kennon road in the PH

[@shyrahman4506]

I use to have this kind of bike

[@GordonMoat]

Durex rims? You don't say. I guess they won't be reproducing those anymore.

[@idealperson30]

Gordon Moat in my Country,Durex is a condom brand. lol.

[@GordonMoat]

I know.

[@ARTHURCBR]

Straight over Rays head, ah bless.

[@ARTHURCBR]

Boom boom btw

[@shodaboy54]

what's going on with the loose chain

[@treygray2817]

I don't mind the Dura Ace 7700. Only groupset Shimano produced that wasn't hideous.

[@RevoltingRudi]

make a video about the bikes used in 1903 for the tour!

[@jpnw3272]

Maybe he didn't like the Bottom Bracket which wasn't "sealed." It was open, but boy, was it light.

[@aaron___6014]

Museeuw rode a 54 at 6'1"?

[@abenogcyklen5785]

A lot of people do ride 180 mm crankarms, I have 180 mm on 5 of my bikes - but it is a pain in the arse, that only the topmodels come in that lenght :-(

[@kriss3492]

at Geraardsbergen i think..

[@xelaxander]

Is this an unboxing? Where's the link to the competition?

[@namtran26803]

Price?

[@4091740]

That stem-------------------- length tho!

[@davidpascual126]

That bike should be in a musewm

[@kevinhepburn5745]

The bike is super and I dig the paint unique and euro. I would love to ride it with 172.5 mm cranks and fly the You know what out of it!

[@上村勝利-p5t]

cool!

[@bicyclist2]

I love it! Pure bike porn. Thanks.

[@rorysweeney8430]

The long cranks and stem were probably so Museeuw could ride a smaller frame. Those glued carbon frames were more flexible and prone to failure in larger sizes.

[@wrigleyx]

Paterberg.....41/23 ???

[@davidkosela3713]

I would take any colnago if it is 56cm size

[@guymorris1963]

David Kosela Mine would have to be 58cm but 59cm would work too. I'd even take that C40 if the Lion of Flanders himself offered it to me.

[@chiwanau]

OH YEA STEEL IS REALLLLL...oh wait a sec........

[@bt7153]

much cooler than any new bike. If someone would start making thin tubed carbon/carbon lug bikes they would make big $$

[@sanmarcodu16]

La potence est trop longue, du coup il n'y a pas d'harmonie avec la taille du cadre

[@ronypsp]

Is the downtube protected by Durex as well?

[@laszlozoltan5021]

aaaaand those are brikos

[@CyclingCharan]

the chain's a bit a loose i think 😜😜

[@ralphc1405]

Yeah sure they rode radial laced front wheels built by only eager to build team mechanics LOL

[@podfunk]

Vintage old-skool beauty. Aside from the colour scheme which is frankly appalling.

[@cup_and_cone]

It wasn't the bike that impressed, it was the synthetic matter flowing through his veins...

[@mylestaylor1564]

First

[@rafey77]

its so ugly

[@chiwanau]

the colors are hideous...belongs @ granpas garage sale

[@harshahettiarachchi8054]

I love this