In a message dated 12/7/02 10:02:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, MAILER-DAEMON@phred.org writes:
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> >> I've been offered for sale a repainted Cinelli frameset, said to be from
>> 1970.
>> The seatpost is 26.8. To my knowledge, all Cinellis from that period were
>> 26.2.
>> There is a Columbus sticker on this frame, but that would have been added
>> by the re-painter. The frame has a metallic headtube badge, and the
>> correct placement of holes in all the lugs.
>> Possibilities I've thought of to explain this include:
>> -Frame is made of Reynolds, not Columbus
>> -Tube was reamed to accomodate a seatpost
>> -Frame is not a Cinelli (?Windsor)
>> Any thoughts from the list?
>> Does this decrease the frames desirability?
>> If I restore this, how hard is it to return the seat tube to 26.2?
>> Thanks,
>> Josh Berger