[CR]Cinelli

(Example: Framebuilders:Rene Herse)

To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 13:51:51 -0400
From: <grisha2@juno.com>
Subject: [CR]Cinelli

My brother bought a tandem once for $200. My first thought was, "What junky bike did he pick up this time?"

I asked him what it was. "It is a Santana," he tells me. Then my mind starts working to imagine the worst thing that Santana ever made, and could not really think of anything that they made that was really bad. Turned out to be a very worthwhile project. With a real nice investment to return on fun ratio.

Now, I have found a Cinelli that I am in the process of buying. It has to be 70s, maybe 60s? It has chrome on the fork lug, but no chrome anywhere else. Rear is spaced 120mm, headtube lugs have the three holes in them, and there are no top tube cable braze ons. I still have to get the guy that has it to move a bunch of junk to get closer to it.

Did Cinelli ever make different models of frame in that time? Grey paint is rough, chrome is spotted, but I don't think pitted. Is there a way to tell the different models apart, if there are any, from that time?

Steven Johnson, Chesapeake, VA

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