My son races on a Cinelli made just a little earlier and the frame number appears to carry a date code as it starts 85xxxxx - I am pretty certain his frame is an '85. The paintwork is pretty ugly (it is a horrible pearlescent pink with thick black stripes) but it rides really nicely. the rear dropouts are 126mm but we have squeezed 130mm wide Campag Nucleons into the rear.
Hilary Stone in sunny but slightly cold Bristol
> Hi CR list, I would roughly agree with David on the age of the "ugly
> Cinelli I would guess 1986-1989 IMHO....I have one, I bought used, less
> wheels with Campy Chorus and Synchro (click) DT shifters.The fork
> crown,seat tube stays, and rear drop outs look the same.The graphics
> (ugly) and the paint on mine red with yellow rival the gray and pink for
> poor taste. But hey its a Cinelli and I had just started
> collecting....The rear spacing measures 126mm with no wheel in frame.
> Originally I thought the rear spacing to be 130mm when I measured with a
> steel tape measure with a wheel in the frame.The quality of the frame
> work is not bad but it sure isn't like the old Cinelli's.If any list
> members have a more definitive date on the "ugly Cinelli" in question I
> would appreciate their informed opinion also like Charlie Young who
> posed the original question.
>
> David Bilenkey wrote:
>
>> I'd say this an '89-'90. IMHO
>>
>> David Bilenkey
>> in cool and rainy Ottawa
>>
>>
>>> Dale/others:
>>
>>
>>> What do you figure is the approximate date on the "Pro Advantage"?
>>>
>>> Charlie Young
>>> Honeybrook, PA