Old Fat Guy

Have you tried Model Masters Ferrari red?

bloom87

i have an all original, vgc low miles silver all-campy-record ~1970 cinelli super corsa.
in montreal, pm if interested.

HankStamper

i have not, but I will check it out, thank you!

HankStamper

Cinelli Friends: since brooks doesn't have a yellow saddle (other than mustard yellow) to match these handlebars, i was thinking of going apple green on the brooks saddle and handlebar tape... any thoughts? keep it as is? thanks.

HankStamper

also saw this Selle San Marco Concor yellow leather seat, but don't know anything about this make and model??

https://www.realcyclist.com/selle-san...:referralID=NA

miamijim

Keep it as is...or put a black Flite Ti on it.

RobbieTunes

Enzo red works, too, and this is not even a Super Corsa. Painter just happened to be completing an Enzo repair...


As far as a Super Corsa goes, I believe it's longevity speaks volumes about the brand, quality, and overall appeal. It's over 30 years old that I know of, and likely much older, still made.

Last price I got was from Lickbike, and I think it was $1650, with a 10-sp Centuar build, Campy wheels and other nice bits, at $3200 delivered.

RobbieTunes

OK, you made me do it.....



If I ever get another one, I want the lighter blue. They had one just sitting there at NAHBS, in a 56cm, frame only. Yes, I was tempted..... but the Cinelli guy knew my name.

FWIW: neither of mine are Super Corsas, but are Cinelli-made, post Columbo family, and the projects were negotiated with Gino by a Centurion representative. I don't want anybody thinking I'm passing them off as Super Corsas or even branded Cinelli's. The red one is a repaint with older decals and the silver one is OEM with era-appropriate decals. Both are SL-tubed, not SLX as the SC's of the era. There, all you guys getting ready to paste me on this thread, you can relax....

Drillium Dude 

Did somebody say "China Blue"?



This frame is available, friends and neighbors, and she's looking for a good home.

DD

Old Fat Guy

There is something just plain wrong having a Brooks on a Cinelli.

JMO, of course.

Old Fat Guy

I prefer my China Blue more modernized.



Not available, has a good home.

KonAaron Snake 

And when OFG does rehome it, it's going to my home

devinfan

Modernized? I thought this was C & V!

KonAaron Snake 

But it wasn't Christmas!

Quick - someone arrest the candy cane that attacked those bars!

God that bike is beautiful.

devinfan

ROTFL Yeah they do look like candy canes, which is why my kids like them so much. It's supposed to be the Italian flag!

Scooper

A seventies or eighties Supercorsa is the one Italian bike I lust after. I love the chrome Cinelli lugs, the chrome stays, and the distinctive fastback seat stay treatment.

bigbossman 

I have a GVH sourced Cinelli SC, in China Blue, built with Columbus Neuron tubing. Probably a vintage 2000 - 2002 frame. I paid $1500 for the complete bike, outfitted with Campagnolo 9 speed DT shifting. I sold off all the parts except the wheels and replaced them with a 10 speed ergo group. It is a very pretty, and very nice riding bike. I wouldn't call it crit geometry - it is a comfortable all day riding bike, so I suspect the angles are slacker than the SC's of yesteryear.

Personally, I wouldn't race on anything that pricey and beautiful. It'll get really beat up for no good reason, and you'll likely not be competitive with it.

I have a rotation of 4 bikes, and I'd place it in the 3rd or 4th slot as far as ride preference. I like the De Rosa better, and the Palo Alto as well. They are my #1/#2 bikes, but that doesn't mean the Cinelli is crap - far from it. It is just what I prefer.



+1. They're stupid-heavy, and they just look wrong on the bike. Mine came with a Brooks B17, and after waiting 700 miles in vain for it to break in I eBaye'd it for a pile of cash and moved on.

KonAaron Snake 

They do have their uses - like bashing those uncomfortable, cheap leather imitations some here use

devinfan

I think it depends on the vintage. There was a time when practically every race bike would've had a Brooks. I am gradually trying to break myself into the original Nitor saddle (it certainly isn't going to break in) on my Cinelli because I like the way it looks, but it is about 1,000,000 times less comfortable than any of my Brooks saddles, and I switch it out for centuries and that kind of thing. Here it is with the Brooks, I don't think it looks that out of place:

Sierra

An early silver Cinelli is a Holy Grail bike for me.
I stole these pics from somewhere, probably here. Apologies to the owner if a member here.

mapleleafs-13 

i got to ride devin's bike last week, it was pretty cool, first time i've tried a brooks, i won't be running to grab a brooks off the shelves anytime soon, but his bike was pretty interesting.

In return devin got to ride my pinarello, it was the first time he's ever tried brifters, i know you want them now devin!!

mapleleafs-13 

interesting.... i would like to know more..

RobbieTunes

You may have had it on backwards. Did you check the picture on the box?

BlueDevil63 

Hey that's mine! No problem stealing the pics as long as you leave my watermark on them.

It was one of my grails also. I honestly don't ride it much but I drool over it a lot

Ecrevisse

I have two a 1980 and a 1990. I won't sell the 1980 model. I'm partial to older bikes. Both ride and handle great.

1980


1990