Howdy folks.
I will throw this out: I think that frameset would look 100% better with pretty much all the brown and all the scaly rust gone after soaking in Evaporust. From what I have seen and read, it doesn't harm anything that would be okay getting wet. I believe CyclArt could also do some work on it where the big areas without paint could be redone without redoing everything...
Doug Van Cleve Chandler, AZ USA
On 12/18/06, Norm and Val Lafleur <nvlafleur@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> I recently acquired a '69/'70 Cinelli SC from the second owner who
> bought it used in 1973. It had seen 36 years of hard use and neglect and
> was scary rusty. But it had most of its original parts and the price was
> right so I bought it hoping it could be saved..
>
> It came with a NR drive train, 36 hole low flange Record hubs, Nitor
> seat post, Unicanitor plastic saddle ( no leather ), Cinelli stem with 7
> mm expander bolt and 10mm hex head binder, Giro D'Italia bars, Universal
> Model 61 brakeset. Supposedly the only non original part was the Pat 73
> NR rear derailleur which replaced a Record steel derailleur.
>
> Owner #2 gave me the name of owner #1 who is still an active racer in
> this area. He was easy to find and was eager to tell the story. He was a
> racer in the Philadelphia / New Jersey area as a college student in the
> mid 60's when he became involved with Fritz Kuhn of Kopp's Cycles in
> Princeton, N. J. He described Fritz as a mentor. He got this bike
> through Fritz in 1969 or 70. He confirmed That it came from the factory
> as a complete bike and that I did indeed have the original components
> except for the steel derailleur. He also talked about a few of the races
> he did with this bike and how he placed. Given this partial history I
> guess he was pretty good.
>
> 1970 1st Fitchburg Longsjo
> 1971 3rd Quebec to Montreal
> 1972 3rd US Nationals
> 1972 Olympic trials.
>
> I thought it was fun finding an original bike with a bit of history.
>
> Now anyone have any stories to tell about Fritz Kuhn and Kopp's
> Cycles....their sticker is still on the Nitor seat post.
>
> Hope this link to my albums works.Click on Cinelli I think it will show
> what I mean by beyond patina and why I plan to have it refinised.
>
> http://new.photos.yahoo.com/
>
> Norm Lafleur
> Ashfield, Ma