Joined: Sep 2005
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From: Hervey Bay, Qld, Australia.
Bikes: Colnago (82, 85, 89, 90, 91, 96, 03), 85 Cinelli, 90 Rossin, 83 Alan, 82 Bianchi, 78 Fountain, 2 x Pinarello, Malvern Star (37), Hillman (70's), 80's Beretto Lo-Pro Track, 80's Kenevans Lo-Pro, Columbus Max (95), DeGrandi (80's) Track.
A Cinelli Supercorsa - built in the early days of the Columbo family ownership of Cinelli.
With the tubing decal indicating Columbus SLX tubing and the 2 sets of bidon mounts, I would suggest that your Cinelli frame would be approximately mid-1980's. Also considering the choice of components, yes, haha, as you know, components are not a very accurate indication of a build era but your components could be original.
As previously suggested, the frame’s serial number will give you the build year provided it was built in the ‘80’s (or more).
I think Campagnolo (old) Super Record is appropriate for your frame and the Simplex gear levers was a common upgrade. I think Campagnolo Super Record wound-up around 1985 but your cranks were only available up to the early 1980's. The rear deraileur will probably have a date code - if not - the deraileur will belong to the last couple of years of production.
That being said, I wouldn’t mind betting that your frame was originally purchased as a bare frame set. The components were probably available and trusted by the original owner.
These were great frames - best of the best ‘off the shelf’ Italian frames - but some were produced with criterium racing in mind and have quite steep frame angles.
Would I like to own this frame?? YES! It's a beauty.
Last edited by Gary Fountain; 12-09-25 at 07:13 AM.