Colnago Freccia Rare Road Bike 1960s

When the farmer family Colnago had their son Ernesto baptised in 1932, nobody could possibly foresee the impact that this person should have on the cycling industry. Born into relative poverty, growing up in a small town of 2500 inhabitants, young Colnago started to help out in a workshop where farmers had their equipment repaired and also a few bicycles came in.
When in 1945 the 13 year old Ernesto saw the advertising of the Milanese bicycle company Gloria, who were hiring mechanics for their assembly line, his decision to leave for the big city was made. Technically he was too young to be employed but he was determined to get the job, so he forged his age in the passport by one year. Welding and soldering tubes for some time he soon made his way up to the role of a foreman.
In the early 50s he left the factory behind but still worked for them as a contractor until in 1954 he finally started to brand bicycles with his own name.

Fortuitous he ended up as a team mechanic for Fiorenzi Magni who won the Giro in 1955. From then on his fame in the professional cycling world grew immensely. And his racing bikes which he called Freccia which translates to 'arrow' sold well enough to allow him the work as a team mechanic for the Molteni team from 1962 on.
- The rest is history.

We are happy to be able to present to you one of Ernestos very early bikes A Colnago Freccia from the 1960s.
The frame shows all the signs of a top class frame with clean lugwork, balanced geometry and excellent material.
The typical 'arrowhead'-designed seat stay caps alone are a mouth watering detail.

When it comes to the parts the best is good enough: All the good stuff Campagnolo had to offer can be found. The Campagnolo Record groupset - back then still without brakes is probably the finest stuff a cyclist could wish for in the 1960s!
A rare piece of cycling history, fully rideable and ready to be enjoyed.