I’ve been wanting to do a classic restoration project for a while and get into the fixie thing. So, a few months ago I bought an old Colnago Super on TradeMe with the aim of getting it stripped right down and do the whole nine yards including re-chroming of forks and polishing all the bits. Anyway, after a few months of being flat out at work and the old Colnago gathering dust by the day, I came to the sad conclusion that it just ain’t gonna happen.

So I flicked the old Colnago off on TradeMe, at a rather big loss, and then soon after found that Colnago have released a 2010 Super retro fixie – bloody awesome. So, as I speak, I have one sitting with my name on it in Scotty Browns – deposit paid – and selling shit like crazy on TradeMe to get the thing.

While the new 2010 Super is a bloody awesome bike, it’s still needs that bit extra. My plan is to use the bike as a base that I can ride straight away and over time by some old NOS Campagnolo parts to turn it into something REALLY special.

So here’s my plan…

How sweet will this be? It’s gonna take a while to get the bits together, some are quite rare and hard to come by, especially the Sheriff Stars. But it’s going to be nice to see it evolve but have an awesome bike to ride to and from work every day.