The special Cinelli's that came through Brugelmann's in Frankfurt, Germany, had circular holes, not slots.
Angel Garcia Long Valley, NJ
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <hersefan@comcast.net> Date: Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 12:24 AM Subject: [CR]Cinelli Pista on ebay - anyone smell fish?? To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Hi CR folks,
Stumbled across this on ebay tonight. The fork is clearly off, and my quick take of the rear dropouts looks like they are incorrect. Rest of details hard to place. Front headlugs from a quick look seem OK. The slot in the BB shell is just plain wrong (there were the bb's with slots later on from the special run that went through the German shop, but his sure doesn't look like those). Can't tell if the seatcluster is right. It all just smells wrong.
I have an interesting imposter in my hands now - wonder what other ones are out there besides the ones on the usual radar. Perhaps someone thinks this is right - but I'm skeptical.
Mike Kone in Boudler CO USA - where we take Cinelli's very seriously in addition to Rene Herse