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Let's see those Cinelli's

just 3 posts and I'm drooling. wow. That laser with the integrated stem has to be the smoothest bike ever to see the light of day.

Here's a crap cell phone shot of my early 60s SC. Since then, I've switched the brakes to Universal 61s. It sports a fairly poor repaint that was performed at least 35 years ago, according to the previous owner. So, it least it's semi-period correct repaint :)

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-S...11008-1259.jpg

That yellow one is super. So's the orange!

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Originally Posted by aixaix (Post 13860106)

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Beauty. Is that original paint?

He he.....beat me to it. But better late than.....

http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment...3&d=1273796655

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Originally Posted by gridplan (Post 13859932)

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Not fair. How are we supposed to compete with that? :)

95 Cinelli SC Columbus SLX Tubing Campy Record Carbon Equipped!

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Beauty. Is that original paint?

No. Original chrome, though.

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Not fair. How are we supposed to compete with that?

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=237624

One wonders how a brand or frame that's been made for pretty much 40 years gets so rare.
I don't mean the pista, maybe, but isn't the SC one of the longest running production runs in bikes?
Outside of China, maybe?

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Originally Posted by gridplan (Post 13859932)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7030/6...8298431e_b.jpg

Umph....where's my blood pressure meds?

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Originally Posted by RobbieTunes (Post 13860994)

One wonders how a brand or frame that's been made for pretty much 40 years gets so rare.

I've heard they only made about 350 in the busiest year, and in Olympic years you couldn't get one at all. If true, maybe that's why.

Cinelli made the bulk of their sales with handlebars, stems and lugs that they sold to other builders, so kept their output of bikes to a minimum as to not upset the builders. If you were a builder would you buy parts from your competition?

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Originally Posted by RobbieTunes (Post 13860994)

Did you know that Cino loaned money to Tullio so that Campy will be here today!

[QUOTE=gridplan;13859932]http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4140/4...3f697185_b.jpg

So many beauties in this thread, but this one takes my breath away.

I've only seen this color scheme once before on a Cinelli in Bayern.

Any special story with this scheme?

That second one is clearly too big for you. I, who specializes in what bigbossman likes to call "freakishly large frames," would be more than happy to pay shipping (and maybe a bit more:rolleyes:) to take it off your hands.

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Originally Posted by gridplan (Post 13859932)

So many beauties in this thread, but this one takes my breath away.

I've only seen this color scheme once before on a Cinelli in Bayern.

Any special story with this scheme?

Thanks. Apparently Cinelli had some agreement with Brügelmann in Germany to produce the Leggerissimo model, all of them yellow and red. I think it was a special order bike. There's some debate about the tubing. I've read that they were made from lighter weight Columbus tubing, but I don't know if that claim has ever been substantiated.