I wanted a modern frame that I expect to be the bike I will ride until the end of my cycling days. Well yes there are many on the market, but I already own a C40 ( Mapei World Champion ), so I don't need that. Some ask, why not get a real C40 on Mapei Team colours.
So now two decades later I can buy myself that Colnago Mapei I wished long ago. Later on, older and with a better income, I could buy a Bianchi 928, and sold the Trek, and finally got my first Colnago many years later. Why Mapei ? well when I got interested into cycling, it was Mapei's heyday, I was a fan, as you can see on my avatar, that picture embodies cycling for me, I was young at that time so buying a C40 in Mapei colours was not possible, eventually I got myself a used Trek 5200 that was a best seller at those time due to Team Postal "success", so they could be bought cheaper as second hand bikes, Colnagos not so much, they always retained a high value. Many fans asked for this edition to be offered to the public, and Colnago answered by this C64 but in the original team colors, with the black background, that looks a lot better than the Silver one IMO. Well it is simple, Team Mapei commemorated 25 years on 2018, and Colnago did a C64 one-off special edition in silver to cellebrate the Silver Anniversary for Mapei's owner Rodolfo Squinzi. BTW, here and on another forums, some people have been posting about what is the point of a Mapei Colnago on this day and why all the colours etc.
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