[CR]re: Wanted: Cinelli SC complete bike or frameset in 56-57 cm c-c

(Example: Framebuilding:Brazing Technique)

Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 18:16:22 -0500
From: "Harvey M Sachs" <sachshm@cox.net>
To: raydobbins2003@yahoo.com, Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]re: Wanted: Cinelli SC complete bike or frameset in 56-57 cm c-c

Raymond Dobbins wrote, looking for a 56-57 cm Cinelli SC frameset.

Ray, I looked for one about that size that I could afford for more than a decade, off and on. I finally found one that fits me very nicely, but it's not that size: I have a 62 cm (ctc)! Yup, I can barely straddle w/o shoes, but it's only ~57.5 cm top tube (ctc), which is just spot-on for me. The net result is a relatively high top tube - and headset, so riding in the drops is very comfortable. I rode this ~ 500 mi. on RAGBRAI in 2004, because it is about the most comfortable bike I owned at the time.

So, and we've had this conversation on the list before, I'm convinced that top tube length is much more important than seat tube.

Yeah, if the right 57 or 58 Cinelli SC frameset dropped out of the sky and landed undamaged on my lawn, I'd give it a good home. But I don't watch eBay for them; what I have is far better than "good enough."

Your mileage may vary, but may you have a safe and healthy holiday.

harvey sachs
mcLean va