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Colnago Arabesque

Cycling Weekly

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May 04, 2023

The Eighties special edition that’s been given a new lease of life

- Simon Smythe

Colnago Arabesque

This Colnago Arabesque is a big bike – and it has a big place in Colnago’s history.

Before the storied Italian brand started its numerical system that celebrated the number of years since Ernesto Colnago founded it in 1954 – the C40 in 1994, for example – there were special bikes designed to commemorate the anniversary.

One of these legendary machines was the Arabesque, unveiled in the 30th year since Colnago’s father symbolically felled a mulberry tree on their land to make Ernesto his first workbench.

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