Originally Posted by
unterhausen
the very first Cinelli investment castings had Cinelli on them. I never understood why they did that, maybe to encourage big bike companies to pay for a custom pour.
Don't confuse sand cast and investment cast, the sand cast stuff did not have a name, the Investment cast BB shells did, and the bridges and crowns were kept for in house use I think, that had the Cinelli trademark. Unfortunate if they sold those too as bits.