And you did not want black, silver, laser blue or Metallic rose...?
Nope.
This thing is such an oddball that I figured anything I did to it should be dictated by my taste rather than how Cinelli would have finished it at the time. The frame is definitely late enough to have the post-Columbus winged "C" logotype. I don't like those graphics at all, so I decaled & badged it from the earlier, elegant era. I called it a Model "B" because of the fork crown.
The color doesn't reproduce well in photos. It is cream with a very delicate and subtle glitter. The lug lining is maroon. I thought briefly of having the tips and lugs chromed, but decided not to because of the cost and the amount of work preparing the lugs to look perfect: chrome is a finish which magnifies every flaw underneath it.
I was able to find a new-in-the-box 1991 bike with an unused Athena group. I bought just the group and used it on this frame because it is as pretty as any post- NR/SR era group as Campy made: cheaper than C-Record, with more sculptural brake calipers and a rear derailleur that doesn't break but still incorporates spats on the jockey roller. (I have a set of Deltas, but I cannot bring myself to mount them. How anything so carefully designed and nicely finished can look so clunky on a bicycle is something I'm still trying to figure out. I really want to like them but I really, really don't.) The wheels are NR high flange hubs and Ukai plastic-filled tubular rims. I have no idea where they came from, but they are very light and straight. (The Athena hubs were laced to clincher rims and now grace my tandem, where they replaced the original 48-spoke Phil-hubbed 27" monsters that are way overbuilt for my small wife and I.)
The bike's a lot prettier than I am. Still waiting for it to rub off on me.