Colnago C68 Allroad

£14,000 Colnago’s superbike goes endurance

-  Warren Rossiter

Weight 7.6kg (Size 550, 58cm equivalent) Frame Handmade Carbon Fork Carbon Gears Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 12spd (52/36t, 11-30t) Brakes Shimano Hydraulic disc Wheels Enve SES 3.4 carbon Finishing kit Colnago CC.01 bar system, Colnago D-shape carbon seatpost, Selle Italia Boost SLR Superflow saddle, Pirelli P-Zero Race 30mm tyres

COLNAGO'S C SERIES HAS always been the pinnacle of handcrafted Italian-made carbon from the Cambiago-based brand, and, as well as the brilliant C68 Road (CP396), there's now this C68 Allroad version, plus an imminent C68 Gravel model.

Looking at the tweaks to the geometry, construction and tyre clearances, it seems to us that the C68 is actually a pure, modern endurance bike. The Allroad's shape has been subtly tweaked from the race-bred dimensions of the C68 Road. In my 550sized test bike (equivalent of a 58cm) the stack has grown 10mm to 603mm, and the reach reduced by 10mm down to 393mm. That makes it taller and shorter for more comfort on long rides, but it's still very much at the sportier end of sportive-ready endurance machines. In comparison, our current Bike of the Year, the all-road/ endurance-focused Vitus Venon, has a stack of 607mm and reach of 403mm in the same size.