Maybe you're looking at them wrong. These are TT bars, usually set-up on "funnybikes" with a smaller front wheel and low headtube. The picture shows them as they would appear from the front of the bike (see the Cinelli logos on the center sleeve?). The bull horns project forward. No relation to Criterium bars at all.
As I recall, these were from the late 80s/early 90s, and came anodized that color.
Aldo Ross
Middletown, Ohio
> I noticed these on EBAY and wondered why the unusual drop bar bend? What
> kind of riding are they for? These are not at all like their crit bars I
> once had. The 26.4 diamter tells me it must be within our time frame? But
I
> suspect that is wrong and the real diamter is 26.0, making them modern
bars?
> Did these drop bars orininally come anodized like that?
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> Mark Cutrufelli
> Laurel,MD
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