[CR]60s Cinelli at the baths - I got it!

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From: "Feeken, Dirk" <dirk.feeken@sap.com>
To: "'Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org'" <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 22:18:38 +0200
Subject: [CR]60s Cinelli at the baths - I got it!

The Cinelli I sighted some weeks ago is mine now! I regulary checked the bike parking area in the evenings and eventually it was there again. This time I waited for the owner who hadn't the slightest idea that his bike is something special. He got it for free from an older gentlemen he worked for.

Its in much poorer condition as I thought, but the tubes are straight. See: http://home.t-online.de/home/dirk.feeken/cinelli_right.jpg http://home.t-online.de/home/dirk.feeken/cinelli_front.jpg

Serial number is 7073. The original Campagnolo "no RECORD" HF hubs are stamped 62. The seat lug is a typical Cinelli Super Corsa but the fork crown is a traditional one. There's no bb oil port. Is the fork crown the only difference between the SC and Mod B? The "Model XY" label is still partly visible at the seat tube but the right part has gone and its not possible to identify a "SC" or "B". The seat tube has two rainbow stripes with the enscription "Mod Campione del mundo" in the black stripe. Can anyone confirm if its a SC, B or ... The whole frame is chromed with drop outs and head lugs in chrome. The pre- owner has all chrome covered with thick black paint and parts of the frame sprayed with blue paint (fortunately not the decals). It seems to have had the full Campagnolo set of 1962 including seat post, hubs, cranks (155 BCD), bb, head set. (The derailleurs have been swapped but I have correct 1960-63 Gran Sports). The rims are worthless steel clincher rims and I suspect that the red brake lever hoods are also not correct. Looks like a lot of work (and fun). I have the name and adress of the original owner and will try to contact him. Let's see what else is hiiden in the basement of somebody who gives 1962s Cinellis away.

Dirk


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From: "Feeken, Dirk"
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 02:41:24 +0200
Subject: [CR]60s Cinelli at the baths


I've just had one of the typical sightings over here: I took the hot sunny day of and went with my wife and our son to the local baths this afternoon. We parked our bicycles between hundreds of other bikes when my eye caught a pretty dirty vintage lightweight nearby. Oh my god..., a mid/late? 1960s Cinelli, old style lugs, flat fork crown, silver with old style decals, early Campagnolo old BCD cranks, high flange record hubs, bar end shifters, 1st gen Weinmann Vainquer 999 centerpulls, Brooks B17,.... too much old grease everywhere, probably not cleaned since 30 years but complete, no rust, no bends, every part correct except a cheap 80s Huret rear derailleur and red plastic (chopper?) brake levers... Obviously not the bike of a collector but one of the many neglected "old bikes" used for the trip to the bath or cinema when you don't want to risk your good bike getting stolen. I seriously considered waiting for the owner but my son got the oh-no-dad-found-an-old-bike-again-look so I attached a note to the Cinelli ("...museum piece....collector....please call..06224..") and went swimming. When we left the baths the Cinelli was gone (of course) with my note lying in the dust (of course).

Dirk

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Dirk Feeken
Heidelberg
Germany