was, [CR]Cinelli Fully Sloping Fork Crown, now Cinelli Hub vintage

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Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2003 15:53:10 -0400
From: "HM & SS Sachs" <sachs@erols.com>
To: dirk.feeken@sap.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: was, [CR]Cinelli Fully Sloping Fork Crown, now Cinelli Hub vintage


Darnit. Dirk Feeken's response to Eric Elman's question about sloping crowns introduces another "wow." Dirk notes http://www.cyclo-24.de/history/11/index_en.htm, at Carsten Rehbein's web site, which has a nice picture and history. The history implies that the Cinelli hubs date back to the first Cinellis (1974), as well as cotterless cranks. Somehow, that doesn't seem right. Anyone have data on first appearance of the Cinelli bivalent hubs? They are shown (if i recall correctly) in the CONI book.

BTW, the Rehbein Cinelli is a stunner, and gives visual cues for the Bivalents, for those who have not seen them. Front and rear wheel are interchangeable, and the FW is mounted to the frame by a bearing assembly. No shifting into high gear to remove the wheel, just open the skewer and (if you haven't widened the rear) pop it out, the FW and hub have matching splines instead of threading.

harvey sachs
mcLean VA