Previously in the collection · Cambiago, Italy · 1995
Colnago
Super Thron
A traditional Italian steel frame whose integrated controls and deep wheels already pointed towards a new era.
The Super name
The old form continued
The Columbus Thron Super decal identifies round tubes joined with lugs, unlike the Master’s profiled Gilco tubes. The supplied 1995 dating fits its finish and equipment, though Colnago model names from this period are not always consistent in surviving catalogues.
It was not Colnago’s most expensive steel frame. That makes it useful evidence of how the classic lugged racer continued while professional attention moved towards carbon.
Campagnolo Chorus
Shifting moved into the hands
Ergopower combined braking and indexed shifting in one control. Polished aluminium visually connects the modern system with the frame’s chrome.
Deep aluminium Shamal rims made speed visible. They were heavy by present standards, but turned an aerodynamic experiment into a factory-built road wheel.
Two periods on one bicycle
The frame is quiet and traditional; the wheels are large, polished and boldly lettered. That tension gives the bicycle its character.
1995
A Colnago C40 won Paris–Roubaix. Steel continued anyway.
Franco Ballerini’s victory showed carbon could win a brutal classic. Round steel tubes did not disappear overnight; they remained familiar, repairable and entirely capable of carrying modern components.
Brief specification
- Frame
- Columbus Thron Super steel
- Groupset
- Campagnolo Chorus
- Wheels
- Campagnolo Shamal
- Status
- Previously in the collection
The photographs preserve a precise moment: classic steel, modern shifting and wheels that made no attempt to be discreet.