> Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 22:07:36 +0100 (BST)
> From: Michael Butler <pariscycles@yahoo.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [CR]Was: Cinelli bikes and their parts,
> Now: All British bikes
> To: ritzmon@aol.com
> CC: CR Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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> Please forgive the spellings. The first Cinelli I
> ever
> saw was at Newton's in Shepherds Bush probably
> 1959/60. Mars red (orange) and chrome. Cinelli steel
> bars and badged extension, Universal side pulls,
> Magistroni cottered chainset,Campag steel pedals,
> Campag gears, Campag hubs on Fiamme rims, Italian
> tubs
> I think? Orange D'Allesandro? Unica orange saddle
> and
> their strange seat post . Ever thing Italian except
> the frame triangle which was Reynolds. The forks and
> rear stays were Columbus. A hell of a lot of steel
> components.
> Regarding British you could still get an entirely
> made
> British machine in the early 1980's. Most
> lightweight
> shops still had Benelux parallelogram gears in stock
> and many other British made NOS components left.
> Reynolds frame Haden lugs, Benelux gears, Williams
> AB
> cotterless, Barelli pedals, Reynolds chain, Birmulux
> seat pin and pedals, Brooks saddle, Dunlop, John
> Bull
> or Michelin tyres or Dunlop or Constrictor tubs. GB
> bars and stem, GB brakes. There could be some doubt
> to
> the origin of some GB stuff but there were still
> plenty of British alternatives to cover these
> three
> items left in the shops back then. Plus there was
> the
> beautiful Royce stuff as well in hubs and chainsets.
> Yes it could have been done and it was by many CTC
> members.
>
> Thats all for now. Keep those wheels spinning, in
> your memories if not still on the road. Be lucky
> Mick Butler Huntingdon UK.
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Thats all for now. Keep those wheels spinning, in your memories if not still on the road. Be lucky Mick Butler Huntingdon UK.