[CR]Cinelli Exhibit at the Cirque - Cinelli Fans Unite!

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From: <hersefan@comcast.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 04:15:33 +0000
Subject: [CR]Cinelli Exhibit at the Cirque - Cinelli Fans Unite!

Hi CR folks,

Its Mike Kone here in Colorado - and I bounced the following idea off Dale and he thought it would be great - lets have a dedicated Cinelli area at the Cirque and get a fantastic array of Cinelli bikes and bits together to celebrate the show's Italian theme in style!

The idea would be to have a comprehensive display of bikes from a wide variety of years. For those who want to help out, by coordinating who brings what we might be able to make the display more comprehensive.

To pull this off, I'd like to be sure that we can acheive a critical mass to make it really special. So, to all CR folks - if you can bring a Cinelli to the show please email me off list at bikevint@comcast.net and I'll put together a list. Between myself and some other Colorado folks I think we can account for 5 - 8 Cinelli bikes.

What we need most at the show are early examples of road bikes - I think that mid 50's track bikes are covered. Also, examples of Cinelli bikes with original fenders and/or Cinelli upright bars are really needed. If anyone has a bike like the red one that sold on ebay a while back thats what we need! A nice example of a Riviera would also be nice also.

Cinelli made a tremendous array of bars and stems, many for upright bikes and some with integrated brake levers - a display of this on thier own would be pretty nifty.

I'd like to start the exhibit at the begining - anyone have a 1948 Cinelli? and take it through the mid 90's ( I have the 1994 Cinelli that was in Bicycle Guide - might be a nice end point).

If anyone is a super wiz regarding Cinelli bikes and bits, then their expert help, assistance - or willingness to coordinate this instead of me would be fine - otherwise I'll do my best to coordinate this myself and call upon those that know more than myself for assistance.

My hope is that we can get over 20 Cinelli bikes together for this.

Thanks in advance for everyones help. If we get some interest in this, than I'll devote some time to making this a really special display.

Mike Kone in Boulder Colorado