1972 Cinelli Progress
10-03-17 | 11:04 AM
#26
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All this Cinelli talk has me riding mine to work this week.
Also noting the things I wish to attend to, shortening the cable housing, minor saddle change of tilt.
Thinking of a way to stiffen up the limber red Alfredo Binda toe straps, the strap does not keep its shape enough to allow easy foot engagement when starting off from an intersection. NOS pairs have gone crazy in price.
Also noting the things I wish to attend to, shortening the cable housing, minor saddle change of tilt.
Thinking of a way to stiffen up the limber red Alfredo Binda toe straps, the strap does not keep its shape enough to allow easy foot engagement when starting off from an intersection. NOS pairs have gone crazy in price.
10-03-17 | 06:29 PM
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Bikes: 1974 Schwinn Paramount, 1980 Raleigh Competition GS, 1986 Vitus 979, 1988 Trek 360, 1991 Trek 7000 MTB, 1999 Burley Rumba tandem
Sweet sweet bike. Love it, nice job.
White benotto tape may not be period correct but it looks great and stays clean.
White benotto tape may not be period correct but it looks great and stays clean.
10-03-17 | 06:36 PM
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I'm working on a '74 silver Cinelli right now. The frame is a little bit small so I need a long seatpost (the original had been cut off extremely short). Unfortunately the 26.2 mm Cinelli size is unique and the Campy two bolt seatposts are generally short in any case. However, the one you have on there looks to be super long (unless you only have it inserted a couple of millimeters) and would be perfect for my bike. Where did you get it?
The Campag Record, Record SL and Super Record were offered in two stock lengths; 140mm and 180mm. Cycle manufacturers tended to use the 140, perhaps to help them claim a lower weight for their products. At the distributor and retailer level mostly only the 180 was stocked since it could be easily shortened if so desired by the end user. The pillars were made in fourteen diameters from 25.0mm to 27.4mm (a repair size) in increments of .2mm. So it is easy to see how the investment of distributor or retailer could quickly get right up there when there are twenty-eight permutations of diameter and length. Hence they mostly only stocked the longer.
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10-07-17 | 11:09 AM
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The 130mm short Campag post existed because in the late 50s and through the 60s riders used big frames and did not have a lot of seatpost up. Saw a lot of them on complete bikes, never saw even one in store inventory. The 27.4 post was for light 0.8/0.5 seat tubes. Also happened when joker mechanics with expansible reamers confronted a big name frame with the seat tube brazed in upside down. Instead of sweating over all the metal that had to be removed they would laugh and make the frame into a 'secrets of the pros' bike with the big post for the supposed ultralight frame.
The 26.2 post for Cinelli is a hallmark of the old ones. There is a liner brazed in the tube. Cino had had frames that cracked there and he made sure it would not happen on his own bikes.
The 26.2 post for Cinelli is a hallmark of the old ones. There is a liner brazed in the tube. Cino had had frames that cracked there and he made sure it would not happen on his own bikes.
10-07-17 | 11:21 AM
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From: Memphis, TN
Bikes: 1982 Trek 613, 1988 Panasonic MC 2500, 1981 Schwinn Super Sport, 1975 Raleigh Super Course MKII, 1985 Miyata 210
I'm also in the black/black camp for tape and saddle.
Reading your injury story had me thinking you may have made it out ok considering you were holding a chainsaw when you fell!
Reading your injury story had me thinking you may have made it out ok considering you were holding a chainsaw when you fell!
06-09-18 | 08:43 AM
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06-09-18 | 10:02 AM
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Fiamme Red label old logo rims. Brooks Professional saddle, Cinelli old logo stem and toe clips, Everest chain, Regina Oro freewheel (13-28), everything else Campagnolo Record/Nuovo Record. It’s been a fun build.
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06-09-18 | 11:14 AM
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Took a while for Campagnolo and derailleur.
06-09-18 | 01:44 PM
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Bikes: Cinelli SC 1971, Daccordi 1985
Yep, I think most brands copied Campagnolos style back then. I have grey vintage Mafac housing on mine, very similar to Campagnolos. Older cable housing is usually not as shiny as modern equivalents. I wish todays brands still made dull flat grey cable housing.
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