Cilo question
 

I went yesterday to pick up a bike off a gentleman. As I walked in to look at it I noticed an old Cilo in the corner. It looked like around an early 70’s frame, the only braze ons were the rear cable guides. Nice lugs and paint, the rear dropouts were stamped with a rear derailleur hanger. It had cottered cranks but everything else was Campy and tubular wheelset. I’ve been thinking about it since, I think I can pick it up for $100. I’ve never had a Cilo and don’t know much about them, by my description would $100 be a fair price as a keeper?

I'd be tempted at $100 particularly with all the Campy parts. A steel cottered crank is not uncommon on older high end bikes although by the 70s they were typically seen on lower end bikes. Cilo is a fine Swiss bike and pretty much every Cilo I've seen posted on BF had a Reynolds frame; stamped drop outs suggest that this is not Reynolds. Cilo is a quality bike in any case.

It could be an entry level club racer model, with low end Campagnolo, such as Valentino or Velox, as they were regularly paired with steel, cottered cranksets. However, they rarely had any other other Campagnolo components, except for maybe Tipo hubs.

Seller sent me a pic.





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Someone exchanged the brakes definitely.
even with that, I would not buy it for $100.

Yeah for some reason now that I can actually look at it, I’m not really interested.

Interesting set up with the crank arms set in the same direction . . . . Pedaling that bike will be a challenge, :)

I could talk myself into paying a $100 depending on the quality of the crank, derailleurs, and hubs.

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yes, definitely not $100 interesting

wears a fork crown cap, seldom a good sign

likely hi-tensile tubing rather than quality plain gauge

love the crank position:

reminds me of the American Star lever drive machines from the TOC

the rider had the option of pressing the levers down alternately or pressing them both down at once

inquiry not at all a waste of time; was worth looking at and discussing ;)


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Given that there's no chain to drive the bicycle, its effectively a modern Draisienne and the aligned crankarms would facilitate striding and coasting. Of course, then why retain the shift levers and front deralleur?

Definitely not the SLX Cilo's I've seen with DA , or the Tange Cilo with tricolor.
I'd pay $100 for those all day. I always thought they came as frames only.

Cilo was a full range manufacturer. They offered everything from entry level up to professional grade racing bicycles. Like many of the full range manufacturers, their top models could be purchased as a frameset or complete bicycle.