What was going on, specifically, in the bike market in 1972 that caused "Cino Cinelli & C." to place the half page ad below in Bicycling, August, 1972? Are there forgeries of all these products mentioned floating around? And what rumors was he referring to?
"ANNOUNCING, CINO CINELLI & C., the manufacturer of the often imitated, but never equaled CINELLI racing bicycles, UNICANITOR racing saddles and CINELLI handlebars points out, that all his highly appreciated products known under CINELLI and UNICANITOR trade mark are made exclusively in Italy. The affectionate customers are invited to distrust all those manufacturers and dealers, who make no scruples to offer poor imitations, diffusing tendentious rumors. The CINELLI factory reserves to himself the right to prosecute the counterfeiters."
Angel Garcia
Long Valley, NJ