| 1932 | Ernesto Colnago is born. |
| 1945 | Ernesto Gets first welding apprenticeship. |
| 1947 | Ernesto wins first bike race the “Mamma Isolina Caldirola”. |
| 1951 | Ernesto Crashes at the finish line of the Milano-Busseto and breaks leg. |
| 1952 | Ernesto opens first shop. |
| 1954 | Ernesto moves to a larger shop having outgrown the first and puts his name on a bicycle for the first time. |
| 1955 | Ernesto works as a mechanic for the first time at the Giro d’Italia. |
| 1956 | Ernesto and Vincenzia are married. |
| 1957 | Paolo, Ernesto’s younger brother starts helping in the workshop. |
| 1959 | Anna is born to an ectatic Ernesto and Vincenzia. Ernesto makes frames for Gianni Motta and Tom Simpson. |
| 1964 | Gianni Motta wins a stage of the Giro d’Italia. |
| 1970 | The Ace of Clubs becomes Colnago’s logo after Michele Dancelli wins Milan San Remo. |
| 1972 | Colnago makes the most unique steel bike ever built— then Eddy Merckx sets the Hour record on it. |
| 1983 | Colnago starts crimping tubes and realizes that it is a very effective way of getting performance benefits. |
| 1985 | Colnago collaborates with Ferrari and the first ever carbon fiber bicycle is created. |
| 1987 | The straight leg fork is first produced giving better than ever handling and comfort. |
| 1989 | The C35 is released with a dramatic monocoque frame. |
| 1991 | The Carbitubo double down tube carbon bike is released. 1994 The legendary C40 is released and wins its first race— the Paris Roubaix. |
| 2000 | The CF1 Ferrari celebration bike is released. |
| 2003 | After 10 years of success, the C40 is released as C50 to celebrate 50 years of business. |
| 2006 | The light weight climbing bike, the Extreme C is released after much success in grand tours. |
| 2007 | The aggressive EXtreme Power and CLX are released. |
| February 9, 2007 | Ernesto Colnago turns 75 and is just beginning to design and develop the bicycles he has dreamed of. |
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