Had a frame exactly like this one a couple years back, but without a headbadge. At first I thought the Centurion transfers were meant to disguise the bike, but subsequently learned from (Peter Rich?) that it was a Windsor.
Key Windsor feature to distinguish from a Cinelli is the fork crown. Also, the workmanship was so so, the mitreing in the bb wasn't great. This is an early 70's bike, wasn't a Cinelli Centurion made in the late 70's or early 80's?
John "I've met a Cinelli, and sir, you are no Cinelli" Siemsen.
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 08:36:41 -0800 From: "C. Andrews" <chasds@mindspring.com> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Subject: [CR]Windsor Cinelli? Message-ID: <003d01c60003$65f64ca0$6401a8c0@oemcomputer> Content-Type: text/plain;charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: list Message: 5
In the wake of this auction, I was asked by at least one potential buyer whether or not this might actually be a Cinelli-made Centurion, rather than a Windsor-made frame.
That seemed highly unlikely based on the details of the frame...but, I can't help asking the collective expertise here: is this in fact a Windsor-made Centurion? Or could it be made by Cinelli?
The seat-post clamp ID is definitely NOT 26.2, btw.
Any and all opinions welcome..
Did Cinelli ever make frames for Centurion, and if so, when?
Charles Andrews SoCal
John Siemsen San Luis Obispo, CA