Re: [CR]Centurion Cinelli

(Example: Framebuilders:Tubing)

In-Reply-To: <200411192329.PAA11933@cascade.cs.ubc.ca>
References: <200411192329.PAA11933@cascade.cs.ubc.ca>
From: "Duane Kennard" <d.kennard@adelphia.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Centurion Cinelli
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:58:50 -0800
To: cr list <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, Donald Gillies <gillies@cs.ubc.ca>


Don,

That eBay bike is a slightly bastardized Windsor Professional. They're a decently made Cinelli copy from Mexico. They often sold for little more than the Record group did in the early '70s. Some people bought 'em, rode 'em for a while, then upgraded the frame... Quite a few Windsor Pro frames got hung up with low mileage. They weren't a "prestige" bike. Some got repainted with Cinelli decals... I've heard of some cracking around the bottom bracket, but I haven't seen it myself. I still have the Windsor I bought in high school, and another purchased more recently. No problems with either, but they're early ones ('73-'74).

If you can find a nice early one, they're pretty well made, and they ride nicely. Some I've seen (probably late '70s examples) aren't quite as nice. Later examples have a bunch of holes drilled in a circular pattern in the bottom bracket. Early ones didn't have 'em.

Cheers,

Duane Kennard Los Angeles, USA

On Nov 19, 2004, at 3:29 PM, Donald Gillies wrote:
> Is there also a "Windsor" cinelli bicycle, all campagnolo / weinmann,
> that was made in the late 1970's ?? As an existence proof, here is a
> rusted one that didn't sell (yet) on ebay :
>
> <
> http://ebay.com/<blah>
> ViewItem&category=7298&item=7111294845 >
>
> made in Mexico and The decal says columbis tubing with Campy dropouts,
> molteni orange, but no Cinelli bottom bracket, and Patent 72 rear
> nuovo record derailleur.
>
> - Don Gillies
> San Diego, CA