personally, I'd love to see more info online about vintage Cinelli bikes. I'd love to acquire a SC someday but they seem to be few and far between. In the old days I thought Cinelli was kind of like the Schwinn of Italy and somehow the bikes seem to be around in small numbers today. Perhaps that's because they don't change hands much or was it the limited number imported in the first place?
>From: "David Goerndt" <davidg@iag.net>
>To: "Classic Rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>Subject: Re: [CR]Cinelli dating + bike spec data log
>Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 11:13:23 -0400
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>: [CR]Cinelli dating + bike spec data log
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>A couple of items have crossed my mind while whittling away a rainy Sunday
>morning in the workshop.
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>First, after seeing so much interaction regarding Masi and Peugeot PX-10
>dating via our list and the excellent PX-10 website, does anyone know how
>to
>date Cinellis?
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>I have a Super Corsa that was sold to me as being from 1970, and the serial
>number on the BB states 2195. There is the makings of another number,
>perpendicular to the one noted above, the starts with a 5. I am presuming
>that the second digit, obscured by paint, would be a 9 and be referring to
>the frame size.
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>This is a subject that has interested me for a while also. I have a 1963
>Cinelli SC, # 8887, purchased from a listmember. I contacted Cupertino Bike
>Shop for info and got the original owner ans sale date. Serial numbers,
>however, haven't been decoded yet. I would be interested in contributing to
>a Cinelli datebase. Russ Fitzgerald and myself started a PX 10 database
>hoping to find a common thread regarding serial numbers, but it hasn't been
>found yet. The database has sort of morphed into the web site.
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>David Goerndt