NEW FRAME RELEASE - Colnago C68 Rim Brake frame

My 105 mechanical rim brake bike is basically trash. There is nothing I can do for it. There are no electronic options. Rim brakes are dead.

Good to see it. I’ll never ride disc

It's a carbon frame, that's it's first strike in the Cons side of Pros & Cons. I don't ever want another carbon frame.

I wouldn't buy it, I would only buy a remember bike, but you are right. I would only buy shimono and I wish Jamana would bring back the shifters. They were famous for they would make a s*** Load of money.
A lot of us do not want electronic group sets

Shimano Dura Ace 9200 12 spd in rim brakes. I own it.

Bar-end friction shifters, for ultimate mechanical compatibility! 😂

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You can order some ltwoo rx rim brake and drop them bad boys on your colnago bike.

I have a brand new set of ENVE 5.6 Rim brake wheels 😍. Have had it for 2 years. Keeping them just in case I build a rim brake in the future.

Those of us who live in flat areas don’t need disc brakes, rim brakes do the job.

Hope rim brake compatible parts makes a comeback, I have only one disc mtb, all my road bikes are rim brake and I just want to maintain them.

This frame is only compatible with electronic groupsets. Both SRAM and Shimano have cable-brake levers for their electronic groups. Wireless EPS is disc-only, but wired EPS is still available.

Great to see you check out the new Colnago C68.. well done Colnago.. the frame even accepts quick release skewers whoo, I’m excited about it but can’t afford one at the moment and it’s only electronic group sets .. it’s also only available in black would prefer other colours.. I love Campagnolo I run 11 speed chrous mechanicals on 3 bikes and will upgrade to 12 speed mechanical campy at some point but 11 speed works excellent.. chorus is first class in my opinion, I do like shimano and would go with it if I had to on a bike as I may pick up new supersix evo in the future 😊 ❤ Pete 🚴🏻👍

Bar end friction shifter with cane creek single speed brake levers 🤠 lol

Getting that bike is going to be a big PITA for the owner. Even if you get a grouoset today, what happens in 5 years when something breaks?

The REAL Colnago is back! My choice are Campagnolo SR EPS and SRAM eTap both second hand with BORA WTO AC 3. But have to sell my house to buy frameset and the rest.💸💸💸💸

Not excited,due to price…so in truth dentists bike! Personally always gone eBay used groupset..Campagnolo Record/Super Record 11 speed being my choice. However Dura-Ace very fine.

Dura ace 12s and ultegra 12s rim brake is available in the UK 👍

Yes rim brakes rule

Rim Brakes are not going to disappear completely, but certainly won't ever go mainstream again. Campagnolo is not a mainstream brand like Shimano and Sram, and their only target consumers are extremely limited to just Purists or Campag lovers. What Camapag should do is to be the only brand to never ditch the rim brakes and that should be their way to success.

Dura ace 9250 dm, electronic shifting won’t hurt you.

Not the biggest fan of rim brake these days but factually, You can buy brand new Dura Ace Di2 R9250 rim brake

There’s tons of options for groupsets and wheelsets. In the debate around this frameset there seems to be a lot of people looking for problems.

You can buy new Dura Ace and Ultegra Di2 12 speed in rim brake

I am old and probably not cycling at the same performance as many here, therefore my budget is lower too as to ensure I am not over biked ;-). However, I was in the market recently for a fastish road bike as one last blast and was looking at TCRs. I rode the disc version with Ultegra and then the 105 version with rim, due to a great deal on the disc version the prices were very similar. Honestly though, as I am just riding this for a quick blast and pleasure, also to burn calories, the rim bike gave the much more pleasurable ride and was therefore my choice. I think this will be a hit for people that value ride quality and snapiness of which there will be many. Buyers will find a way to make it work whether than be new Campagnolo groupsets or Shimano alternatives new or old.

Such a great move by Colnago, for the cycle industry to turn their back on rim brakes is very hasty..a gallant move by Colnago. Ive never rode discs tho i understand they're good, but from a cost pov - im staying on my rim brakes, bought a Chinese frame too, for the fact i have rim-wheels 👍

This is an electronic only group set bicycles. I would suggest 12 speed Durace DI2 rim brake or 11 speed Durace DI2 too. You can even use SRAM red axs 12 speed rim break if you can find it. The price is too high for me and I am looking for a aerodynamic performance bicycle

The biggest problem is shimano-sram-campy no longer make rim brake groups. Well, dura ace 12 speed I guess?

I’d be more “excited” if bigger companies did limited runs of rim brake version bikes built complete. Tarmac sl8 with dura ace 11 speed! But-that’s in the past. No one wants to see the cables and housing anymore…some how they have offended everyone and they are culture cancelled 😅

This could simply be an art peice….last colnago rim brake frame on your wall…never built….7K!

I worry about just getting cables and housing in a few years …you?

Campy has to be in big trouble. They are having a hard time surviving the shift to electronic. I could see them becoming the rim brake mafia group maker. That could actually work for them. 1 pro team uses campy. That’s not good

Sram is not offering rim brakes compatible axs shifters anymore? I was under the impression that yes but I might be wrong 🤔🤔🤔

The Colnago C frames has always had a rim brake frame in its line. The first first C frame that was available with a disc brake was the C59 I believe.
Campagnolo have four mechanical rim brake groupsets. Thre

Custom laced wheel 🛞.. they sell hoops, hubs and spokes. The rest is up to you.. I’ve built my own dynamo rim/ disc (q/r).. has never broked and future proofed. I use it on my rim brake or disc (q/r) on road bikes to even tandem bike.. may swap the rear to a 8 or 11spd alfine. (Not a weight wheenie)

Who cares what the industry keeps leaning on. Go custom and make cycling work for your lifestyle

I can see someone just trimming the surly corner bar or the carbon equivalents on Amazon and run mtb shifters and mechanical levers for that 12spd since road is electric and it does get annoying!

I just ripped my cable the other day doing a simple crank service 🤦‍♂️.. so now my CAAD10 with the FSA WE is useless.. flaws of electric wired! You always gotta be careful, the moment I forget and there goes my Fsa We cable! They don’t sell it separate too

Don’t get Colnago releasing this. Heavier than the disc frame, electronic groupset only and that RRP of >£6k is ridiculous. Oh and black only 🤦‍♂️. Only way this is selling is when it’s on sale.

Would be good in the frame came with hydraulic rim brakes calipers, perhaps magura hydraulic rim brakes could work ?

Strange that they are doing it now and a framset for 7k ?!?...so with a lot of search for Groupsets and wheels you will have a 15k bike...WOW...I have 2 Colnagos with Rim Brakes...V1R and V2R...spending that much I would also swap to disc anyhow...

If I was going to buy this Colnago frameset (a bit too expensive for me personally), I would build it with Shimano ultegra R8150 di2 (12 Speed). No problem with the availability of rim brake groupsets. I have 2 Shimano Di2 bikes and I really like using Di2.

Well Rim brakes bikes these days are niche products. The price of new c68 indicates that. That said my old Ti Litespeed Ultimate it's a joy to ride despite being rim brake brake bike.

It’s not mechanical compatible so you are really stuck.

I put chorus 12 mechanical rim brake on my titanium Seven frame with the HED Ardennes Black wheels this past year. So yes HED wheels are compatible with Campy

shimano r9250 di2 rim brake groupset is still on the market

Someone has to come out with new hydraulic rim brakes

Rim brakes are the new disk brakes? Are headed back already?

Wheeltop Electronic groupset. :-)

Love me some rim brakes on my road bike with Campy group🤓

What do you mean by "there are no current groupsets for this frame"? You can buy DA 12s and Ultegra 12s with rim brakes (even with the option of Direct Mount), but Di2 only.
This Colnago frameset doesn't accept mechanical groupsets.

Yea!