Re: [CR] Mstery Italian Frame?????

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To: GPVB1@cs.com
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 12:12:31 -0400
Subject: Re: [CR] Mstery Italian Frame?????
From: "Richard M Sachs" <richardsachs@juno.com>


it's a windsor. the extreme-length chainstay flutes and the diamond-type chainstay bridge reinforcers are the giveaways. e-RICHIE chester, ct

On Sat, 13 Jul 2002 11:53:32 EDT GPVB1@cs.com writes:
> The Cinelli required a 26.2 seatpost, whereas all the Windsors I've
> seen took
> a 26.8, so if it's a 26.8, it's a Windsor or other knock-off. Later
> Cinellis
> switched to the standard 27.2 mm post diameter.
>
> There are other visual clues as well. The scallops in the seatstay
> tops look
> different Cinelli vs. Windsor, as Chuck Schmidt mentioned a few
> weeks ago,
> and I think Peter is referring to below, but that's somewhat subtle
> and
> easier to tell with the two types side-by-side.
>
> Greg Parker
> A2 MI USA
>
> Peter B. wrote:
>
>
> > The top of the seat cluster, and the post diameter, make me think
> Windsor,
> > but I certainly wouldn't insist I was right. Windsors, as I'm
> sure y'all
> > know, were Cinelli look-alikes, made in Mexico, utilizing the same
> lug set
> > as
> > their Cinelli contemporaries.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Peter Bridge