[CR]Re: Early Cinelli Workmanship

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Ideale)

Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 08:46:38 -0700 (PDT)
From: Donald Gillies <gillies@cs.ubc.ca>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Re: Early Cinelli Workmanship

Maybe the reason why later Cinelli workmanship was so high - in reality - was that maybe - just maybe - your first few attempts really didn't look so hot and you spent all those years playing "catchup" :

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(shows Cinelli Firenze stem with expander bolt and the steering column area was obviously cut on Monday morning after a long weekend of drinking, the slits have all the precision of Harry Potter's lightning-bolt scar on his forehead ...)

- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA