The price will be interesting to watch as it is hosted by the Ethereum blockchain and bids are in Ether – a booming cryptocurrency that most NFTs are backed by. The C64 NFT, up for auction until 25th May on NFT marketplace OpenSea, combines eight moments from Colnago's history: the first carbon-framed bike, the Concept Abraham Olano's 1995 World Championship-winning Bititan Anthony Charteau's 2010 Polka-Dot jersey winning C Team Time-Trial World Championship 100km winning C35 Giuseppe Saronni's Super Profil Tony Rominger's Hour Record bike Team Mapei's C40 and Tadej Pogačar's Tour de France winning V3Rs. Colnago bikes are steeped in the history and heritage of Italian cycling, combined with forward thinking. The concept has taken off this year, with auction house Christie's auctioning off an NFT for an unbelievable $69m, and now Colnago has become the first bike brand to get in on the act. Well it is simple, Team Mapei commemorated 25 years on 2018, and Colnago did a C64 one-off special edition in silver to cellebrate the Silver Anniversary for Mapeis owner Rodolfo Squinzi. Colnago C40 Triathlon team Lampre 650c Campagnolo Record Carbon fiber size 54,5. If you thought the introduction of e-bikes was going too far, you might want to find your stress ball before reading on. Colnago has released a one-off C64 NFT incorporating its most famous moments into one non-existent bike.Īn NFT, a non-fungible token, is essentially a digital work of art backed by cryptocurrency and hosted on a blockchain that confirms the buyer has the 'original' – despite the fact that the actual art can be seen, copied and shared all over the internet.