Once in Italy, the tubes are made by a company that produces parts for Ferrari’s F1 cars and Ducati motorcycles. Just like any recipe, it’s the quality of ingredients that makes the biggest difference in any frame-and Colnago sources the raw carbon for the C59 from Toray, a top-shelf carbon producer in Japan. With so much prestige and history encapsulating the brand, we built up incredibly high hopes for the C59 could it possibly live up to our lofty expectations? Now, their latest premier frame, the C59 (representing Ernesto’s 59th year of frame-building), is crafted alongside their other lugged-carbon frames and the Master steel frame in the shop directly underneath Ernesto Colnago’s home in Cambiago, Italy. A full seven years before the C40, Colnago utilized their relationship with Ferrari, one that they still maintain, and jointly developed a carbon concept bike complete with tri-spoke composite wheels. As frame materials began shifting to carbon, Colnago wasn’t just following the technology, they helped pioneer it with the C40, their first production carbon frame that hit the market in 1994. The company’s ace of clubs logo has long been ingrained in the racing culture, with victories ranging from Paris-Roubaix to stages of the Tour de France. Finding a company more respected and steeped in tradition than Colnago is next to impossible within the bike industry.
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