'72/'73 Rose Cinelli SC
07-06-12, 05:53 PM
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That is an attractive bike. I don't write handsome, as it's close to pink.
07-06-12, 06:29 PM
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Bikes: '53/'54 Bianchi CDM, '62ish Altenburger Cinelli Mod B, '69 Rene Herse Competition, '72 Motobecane Grand Record, '73-74 Colnago Super,, '73-74 Cinelli SC, '78ish counterfeit Confente, '82 Medici Gran Turismo, '67ish Mondia Speciale, Eddy Merckx Pro
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Great story on the bike.
I bought it from an extremely nice, decent, honest young guy who listed it on the DC CL. A stand-up guy, that was great to deal with.
He didn't know much about vintage bikes, but was selling it at the suggestion of a local Cinelli dealer. He was planning on using it on a long tour on the West Coast, and then to use it for a job that involved watering trees via bicycle! The Cinelli rep suggested that he sell the old one and buy a brand new carbon rig to tour on
It gets better. The young man received the bike from a friend in Texas who called him and told him that he saw a nice old bike in the back of a scrapper's truck. The young man sent his friend $100 to ship it to him!
So, this bike has now been saved twice! And, though I paid a decent sum of money for it, the young guy and I both got great deals!
I bought it from an extremely nice, decent, honest young guy who listed it on the DC CL. A stand-up guy, that was great to deal with.
He didn't know much about vintage bikes, but was selling it at the suggestion of a local Cinelli dealer. He was planning on using it on a long tour on the West Coast, and then to use it for a job that involved watering trees via bicycle! The Cinelli rep suggested that he sell the old one and buy a brand new carbon rig to tour on
It gets better. The young man received the bike from a friend in Texas who called him and told him that he saw a nice old bike in the back of a scrapper's truck. The young man sent his friend $100 to ship it to him!
So, this bike has now been saved twice! And, though I paid a decent sum of money for it, the young guy and I both got great deals!
07-06-12, 06:47 PM
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There aren't any "head hits wall" emoticons here
that's about as close as I can get.
Pays to keep your eyes peeled on CL. That was one heck of a buy. I'm sure I wasn't far behind you.
Very nice. Time for another brew.
that's about as close as I can get.Pays to keep your eyes peeled on CL. That was one heck of a buy. I'm sure I wasn't far behind you.
Very nice. Time for another brew.
07-07-12, 12:04 AM
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You've still got those I hope? Believe it or not, I was thinking of a different bike owned and sold by a CR lister. I had forgotten yours were that color. That's way I wrote "had" a buddy instead of "have" a buddy.
Also have a buddy who sold me a great-riding yellow Grandis.
Also have a buddy who sold me a great-riding yellow Grandis.
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