Very cool bike. I think there are photos of a similar Altenberger equipped Cinelli online from one of the past Cirques or VRs. I'd guess the Altenberger gruppo could nail down the date pretty close as I doubt that gruppo lasted too long in production.
Rear dropouts are fun- Altenberger? The pointed transitions from the fork and stays to the DOs are rare for a Cinelli from what I've seen. The red anodized parts are cool too. Are you planning to restore this when/if you buy it Steven? It's close to the tipping point for me. I'd like to see better photos.
Kurt Sperry Bellingham WA USA
On 5/20/07, The Maaslands <TheMaaslands@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> For those of you who have become fixated with Cinelli and believe that
> you have understood something about serial numbers or other build
> characteristics that can assure a particular build date or period, I
> believe this bike will blow all of your preconceptions away:
> http://ebay.com/
> _W0QQitemZ260120590590
>
> On this Cinelli, which I believe to be a variant of the 'B' it becomes
> absolutely certain that Cinelli did not build 'catalog' stock bikes, but
> rather was amenable to build everything to order. So you might as well
> stop trying to use today's logic to second guess the year of production
> of a given frame by serial number, or even build specifics. With less
> than 1000 frames being built in any given year, Cinelli would have been
> able to build every bike differently.
>
> By the way, I am presently the high bidder on this bike but expect to
> quickly be outbid.
>
> Steven Maasland
> Moorestown, NJ
> USA