Cycling Weekly — January 11, 2018

Mick Ives, 2017 Colnago C60

“This year [2017] I did the whole Giro route on this bike. I

started two days ahead of the pros and finished one day

ahead. We raised a lot of money for four British charities.

“Peter Nisbet and Windwave have been my sponsors

for many years [Ives is 78]. So as the distributors for

Colnago they put it to Ernesto. He was up for it and agreed

to supply a C60. He insisted on

designing the colour scheme himself

and was particularly pleased that it

would be used in the Tour of Italy.

“I didn’t quite know what I was

going to get but it’s beautiful. I rode it

through the entire Giro and never had

a spot of bother with it.

“He was so chuffed with the colour scheme that he’s

now included that in the C60 range.

“I flew out a few weeks afterwards to meet him and

spend some time with him. He showed me around the

factory and it was a real pleasure. I signed one of the

jerseys I had used and left it with him and he in turn

produced a very large book about Colnago that he signed.

It’s one of my most treasured possessions because let’s

face it, in the cycling world he’s God, isn’t he?”

“I rode it

through

the Giro

without any

bother”

Welcome to the boutique collection

Magnificent men and their

cycling machines

Ives’s C60 spawned
a colour scheme

An original Arabesque

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