Colnago Extreme C
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Colnago’s Extreme-C is a special carbon fibre frameset created in 2004 as a Tour
De France prototype for Colnago sponsored Team Rabobank riders Erik Dekker, Michael
Boogerd for the Tour De France mountain time trial up l’Alpe D’Huez. These riders
loved the Colnago Extreme-C so much they rode it in every stage.
Extremely light, yet totally solid and safe with incredible performance, Rabobank’s
Michael Rasmussen rode his Extreme-C to stage wins and Best Climber at the 2005
Tour De France, while his team mate Denis Menchov took top honours in the Vuelta
a Espana that same year on his Colnago Extreme-C, with a repeat performance in 2007.
Three years of the most demanding race testing has shown that Colnago’s Extreme-C
is a masterpiece of technology.
Three years of the most demanding race testing has shown that Colnago’s Extreme-C
has superb strength and total versatility with a frame that weighs less than 1000
grams in a sloping medium size.
Colnago’s Extreme-C was created for the toughest mountain climbs, the longest, hardest
rides when the cyclist needs something extra.
We have used the simplicity of round tubing in the Extreme-C, the best shape to
provide the combination of light weight and torsional rigidity.
Colnago created a stiffer rear triangle for the Extreme-C to increase the efficiency
of power transmission, while the Extreme-C fork is Colnago’s all-new Carbon 75.
The Extreme-C bottom bracket has a easily removable CNC Titanium insert to facilitate
maintenance. For 2009,Colnago’s Extreme-C offers attractive new graphics that renders
this most special frameset even more attractive.