Re: [CR] Dating a Cinelli Pista on Ebay

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From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR] Dating a Cinelli Pista on Ebay
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 15:14:41 -0700
To: CR <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


Mark Buswell wrote:
> Now that this auction has ended and I have accepted that I do not
> NEED this Cinelli THAT much, does anyone have any thoughts on this
> frame?:
> http://tinyurl.com/keva2
> The seller states it is an '85 (off topic, of course), but the fast-
> back seat stays tell me it is something earlier than that (and on
> topic). I've never seen a fast-back Cinelli with new logos....

Cinelli has been using the new logo (flying c) since around 1978 and Cinelli is still selling Cinelli Super Corsas with the fastback seat stays today. The current Cinelli SC would be on topic for the CR list; it has lugged construction and so would qualify as Keeper of the Flame (KOF).

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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