Help in dating a Cinelli SC Frame

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06-25-21 | 01:15 PM

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repechage

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Cool, been years since I saw the list.
1969 to 1973 were the "high years" it appears.

06-25-21 | 04:49 PM

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Bikes: 1967 Paramount; 1982-ish Ron Cooper; 1978 Eisentraut "A"; two mid-1960s Cinelli Speciale Corsas; and others in various stages of non-rideability.

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Originally Posted by iab

What I find interesting, and it's probably only me, from 1947-1979, Cino Cinelli pretty much stuck to a 4-digit numeric serial system. Yes, there are exceptions, but that puts total production of 10k frames for 32 years, a little over 300/year. I haven't seen a duplicate number, yet

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Something is odd with the math. Or, with me.

It doesn't have to be an either/or, you know. It could be both.

I don't know if Cino doubled up on numbers or not. My guess is he didn't know, either, but that's just a guess. The numbers certainly jump around all over the place. Keep in mind that he was building them to sell and make a buck, not to make life easier for 21st Century collectors.

They sure ride nice, though.

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