Re: [CR]Now:Cinelli Starship OFF TOPIC! Was:Old bikes vs New bikes - off topic

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Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 23:24:58 -0400
From: "David Bilenkey" <dbilenkey@sympatico.ca>
Organization: Bilenkey Design Group
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Now:Cinelli Starship OFF TOPIC! Was:Old bikes vs New bikes - off topic
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Chuck Schmidt wrote:
> I wasn't going to comment since it is just more stuff off topic. I even
> deleted my post before I sent it, but since Jerry persists...
>
> My local bike shop has a Cinelli Starship and I _love_ it... no, make
> that, I LOVE IT! I'd buy it in a heartbeat if I had the $4000 or so
> dollars to spend. More cutting-edge Italian design; time doesn't stand
> still.
>
> I have a 100pt 1960 Cinelli SC in silver and I'd love to have the
> Starship as a companion bike. Ride them both alternate days...
>
> Beauty, as they say, is in the eye of the beholder.
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, California

I'm with Chuck on this one for sure. I'd love to see a Starship in person, I've only seen a small picture in the Cinelli brochure, but I thought that it was an awesome piece of design. I love the way the name is too big for the tubes. After I saw that pic I started trying to figure out how I could ever afford one. I'd have to sell almost all my bikes! So I'll just have to wait a while I guess. :-(

David Bilenkey
Industrial Designer in sunny and cool Ottawa