THe original issue was what cranks to put on it? Super Record and ride!
Rob Dayton
Charlotte, NC
USA
> << It has a semi-fastback rear cluster, very short-point lugs,
> and the
> Cinelli IC BB shell
> that I call the "aero scoop" style. >>
>
> That Bbkt shell was referred to, in many print references, as the
> "Spoiler".
>
>
> Dale Brown
> Greensboro, North Carolina USA
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: worthy2@earthlink.net
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Sent: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:27 AM
> Subject: [CR]Re: Mockba 80
>
>
>
>
> >
> >Of course. The frame was made to commemorate the Moscow Olympics in
> >1980 so it is obviously post '80. That makes complete sense. That
> >train of thought had crossed my mind but quickly left for some
> reason.>
> >
> Well just to be contrarian (my favorite flavor) I am compelled to
> point
> out that
> Signor Pelizolli (probably misspelled) would have received the
> commission to
> build frames for the 1980 Soviet team well before the event, and
> maybe
> would
> have promoted his high-profile status in the run up to the
> Olympics,
> and/or
> during the very year itself. Sort of what all the "Official"
> softdrinks
> and
> snackcakes do in this modern marketing age. And of course he'd
> continue
> to
> commemorate that participation after the Olympic year, too. I'm
> just
> throwing
> out the possibility...
> While on the subject of Ciocc, I have a later-than-Mockba model
> that I
> bought
> used and abused as a frame only from a racer and have never known
> what
> model it
> is or the build date. It was beautifully repainted/decal'd by Ed
> Litton, but I
> hesitate to show the CR list since it *might* be off topic. It has a
> semi-fastback rear cluster, very short-point lugs, and the
> Cinelli IC
> BB shell
> that I call the "aero scoop" style. If that's enough info to
> confirm
> it's past
> '83, then I'll go no further, and my apologies to Dale! if
> somebody
> wants to do
> detective work, contact me off list for pics. (these will be
> nothing
> like Ray's
> georgeous photos, I'm afraid)
> Thanks.
> Alan Goldsworthy
> San Francisco, California, USA
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