[CR] Cinelli w/molested BB - Maybe NOT ??

(Example: Racing:Beryl Burton)

To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:44:09 -0800
From: donald gillies <gillies@ece.ubc.ca>
Subject: [CR] Cinelli w/molested BB - Maybe NOT ??


http://italiancyclingjournal.blogspot.com/2008/09/cinelli.html

"There may have been a factory lightweight model, featuring a milled BB - 3 such bikes are known (ed. note: there was a lightweight model with a drilled BB; see http://tinyurl.com/create.php.)"

I am wondering if the cinelli seen on ebay a few months ago, whose BB shell had a large square cutout, and which was closed-up very recently, could have been a factory original bicycle? If not, what does a cinelli 'milled' bottom bracket look like? The 'drilled' one has a large hole in the middle with radial holes around the outside, as depicted in the 2nd url above, but what does a much rarer 'milled' one look like ??

- Don Gillies
san Diego, CA, USA