Re: [CR]Cinelli forks

(Example: Framebuilders:Alberto Masi)

Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 09:04:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Fred Rafael Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Cinelli forks
To: Jan Heine <heine94@earthlink.net>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <a06230962c14abf1b6fdf@[192.168.1.33]>


I can only help with one one your questions; i.e. the one about the Columbus steerer tubes. My 1969 Atala - purchased very early in the year - has the rifled Columbus steerer. So I would suspect that they were available in 1968 at the latest.
      Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)


--- Jan Heine wrote:


> Question regarding Cinelli forks...
>
> Is there a way of determining the age of a Cinelli Supercorsa
> fork?
> All I can see so far is that around 1970, holes in the
> stiffener
> tangs on the inside of the blades appeared.
>
> Questions:
> - Did the Campagnolo dropouts change in any way between 1955
> and 1970?
> - When did the rifling on Columbus steerer tubes appear?
> - Any other potential identifying marks?
>
> The question is whether a fork is original to a frame or
> whether it
> was replaced for a newer fork at some point...
> --
> Jan Heine
> Editor
> Bicycle Quarterly
> 140 Lakeside Ave #C
> Seattle WA 98122
> http://www.bikequarterly.com
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