Re: [CR]Is it only late 60's early 70's Cinelli's that get the magic allday ride acholades?

(Example: Framebuilders:Richard Moon)

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Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 14:05:51 -0800
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From: "Jan Heine" <heine93@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Is it only late 60's early 70's Cinelli's that get the magic allday ride acholades?


The different seatpost diameter (26.2 mm) indicates that the seat tubes were different - unless they brazed in a sleeve to reduce the diameter. What did other Italian bikes in the 1950s use?

I think it is the downtube decal that makes them ride differently! Seriously, you look down and see that classic decal, and you think: "I need to go faster to do this bike justice." Unfortunately, when I tried to test my feeling that my Cinelli SC from 1972 or 1973 was faster than my race bike (Marinoni Columbus SL, Campy SR), and entered it in a time trial, this was not borne out by fact. Of course, I also had not been training due to an accident, which had put my normal racing bike out of commission in the first place. -- Jan Heine, Seattle Editor/Publisher Vintage Bicycle Quarterly http://www.mindspring.com/~heine/bikesite/bikesite/