Re: [CR]Still confused about Cinellis

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From: <"brianbaylis@juno.com">
Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 15:41:42 GMT
To: hsachs@alumni.rice.edu
Subject: Re: [CR]Still confused about Cinellis
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

Harvey,

One cannot date a Cinelli by eyelets or not on the dropouts. Cinellis

were available in almost any configuration one could want. Cinelli

offered many options to suit the needs of the consumer. As others have

mentioned, Cinellis were available to order; in addition to bikes

being built with parts that might have been on hand at the moment. The

possibilities are tremendous.

Brian Baylis
La Mesa, CA


-- Harvey Sachs wrote:


This week, I bought a 1971 SC and sold what I have thought was a 1973

SC. The '73 was a 62 cm ctc, and the 71 is enough smaller to matter.

But, I do get confused. '71, which the original owner says he bought

in

1971, does NOT have fender mount eyes on the front or rear dropouts,

and

it does not have the fender mount bosses on the bottm of the brake

bridge or the back of the chainstay bridge.

The nominal 1973 has all of these eyes and bosses, which I thought

were

earlier. As far as I noticed, the lugs are identical. FWIW, both are

the Cinelli silver, but the "1973" does not have down-tube Cinelli

decals.

Anyone have a convincing yarn to spin? was maybe the "1973" somewhat

older?

Or, where is the Bob Hovey of Cinellis? Is that you, Mark Bulgier? :- )

harvey sachs
mcLean va