I am always surprised at the pricing of cinelli super corsas in the early 1970's, vs. the american equivalent, a schwinn paramount p-10 or maybe p-12. Let me preface this by saying that I think that the cinellis are beautiful bikes, _however_, to state this in the most provocative way possible :
is one chromed lug and one fancy-painted headbadge really worth $1000 extra?
what do people think ?? Was the paramount a "ripoff" of the cinelli artistic design? Who adopted this understated look first, cinelli or schwinn ?? Because from 10' away, or at 20 mph, it's hard to tell the difference between the bikes.
- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA