I thought Cinelli bicycles were built by various frame builders - even when built in house - and some were built by outside contract builders. Plus, couldn't you special order all sorts of deviations from the standard bikes. If so, I'm not surprised that we're seeing all these anomalies.
No matter what, these things weren't mass produced in the same manner as a General Motors car, so I don't find these deviations so surprising. Then again, I'm not trying to establish the production date of a frame in my collection...
Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)
> Jeff Pyzyk wote (in part)
>
> My later bike [Cinelli SC] I have figured for a '68 or '69.
> It has the
> drilled lugs, but with fender mounting bosses and loops,
> four digit serial
> number. But here is the part that makes me think it's an
> early drilled
> lug frame; the fork lug tangs are not drilled. Any comments
> from the Cinelli Cognoscenti?
>
>
> My Cinelli SC, number 4874, has drilled lugs and undrilled
> fork tangs. It
> has no provisions for fenders. I have figured mine to be '68
> or 69 too, based on lack of braze-ons
>
> Best regards,
> Marcus Helman
> Huntington Woods, MI
>
>
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