RE: [CR]ebay outing: gaudy Cinelli

(Example: Framebuilders:Brian Baylis)

From: "David Bilenkey" <dbilenkey@sympatico.ca>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: RE: [CR]ebay outing: gaudy Cinelli
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 22:46:48 -0400
In-Reply-To: <33315745.1087260849277.JavaMail.root@wamui01.slb.atl.earthlink.net>


Stupid question time: Which Cinelli are you speaking of?

David Bilenkey Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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>
> can someone tell me why, in the mid-1980s,
> cinelli and colnago went to these incredibly
> ugly crimped stay ends at the drop-outs?
> Looks like it was done with a vice-grips
> or something of the sort.
>
> Ugh.
>
> I look at this frame and think "how the mighty
> were fallen..." although, of course, someone
> will love it, I'm sure.
>
> Charles "unregenerate retrogrouch" Andrews
> soCal