brian blum wrote:
> I acquired a 22.5cm mid 60's Cinelli SC in beat condition with rust primer
> and grey paint 5 years ago. I saw it in front of the library in Berkeley an
> d tracked down the owner. He was going to spread the rear triangle to 130mm
> and make it an 18 sp. I offered to build an 18 sp to his taste for trade.
> I had a late 70's 531 22.5" blue metallic Trek frame model unknown which I
> built up for trade. Turned out the top tube seat tube, chain stay, wheelba
> se, and bottom bracket height were all identical to the Cinelli. I don't me
> asure angles well but I bet they matched. Trek might have copied the geomet
> ry?
Entirely possible. Tim Isaac, Trek's frame designer in the late 70s through early 80s formerly worked for Windsor in Mexico. And Windsors were heavily influenced by Cinelli.
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John (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA