Charles "wasting time in the SoCal sunshine" Andrews wrote:
> wasting time I should be using to do something productive, I found
> this on ebay just now:
>
> http://ebay.com/
> NOS_W0QQitemZ300086901873
>
> Surely this did not originate with cinelli? It's some kind of
> asian knock-off, right? I never saw a Cinelli badge that looked
> like this. except the badge-decal itself. the metal headbadges
> never looked like this, right?
>
> The seller's description leaves the clear impression that this came
> out of the Cinelli operation. Too bad. Why lie about it? It's a
> cool knock-off. Although you'd never put it on a correct
> restoration I suppose.
>
> I wonder if Cinelli approved these. I hear all the big italian
> marques are coming down hard on copyright violators. Kucharik quit
> making clothing with the old logos on them for exactly that reason.
>
> Then again, maybe I missed the memo and this really is some kind of
> legit item..
The seller resides in Singapore... nothing more needs to be said.
http://www.flex-abc.com/
Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, CA USA
http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, t-shirts & timelines)