Originally Posted by kylarr

I have finally gotten my circa 1957 Cinelli back together.

As found:


Now:


Along with new cables and tape I replaced the saddle, brakes and wheels.

The saddle is a butchered Brooks B-17 champion standard. There are no date codes or patent stamps, I think it is from approximately the right time period but I'm not 100% sure.


The brakes are Universal 51's with the wraparound springs and pointed levers.



For the wheels I tracked down some Campy three piece high flange hubs with the feather details in the logo, open "c" skewers and Fiamme red label rims with the ferruled valve holes. I didn't manage to find any period spokes and got impatient so I went with some Phil spokes. I might change them out in the future. I also decided to try out Veloflex tires.



The rest of the parts came on the bike and I think are original. You can see more photos here.

1957 Cinelli Refurbished - a set on Flickr

I would like to thank @iab who gave me the original parts recommendations for getting this refurbishment started.

I am interested in criticism so let me know what you think.