Fwd: [CR]sitting on the shelves of the Cinelli factory...

(Example: Production Builders:LeJeune)

Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 07:30:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Art Link" <columnssanantonio@yahoo.com>
Subject: Fwd: [CR]sitting on the shelves of the Cinelli factory...
To: classic rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


Is it really a Cinelli or something else with the oriental head badge applied and other odd bits and measurements? Curious minds want to know. Art Link,San Antonio,TX

gabriel l romeu <romeug@comcast.net> wrote: Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:11:14 -0400 From: gabriel l romeu <romeug@comcast.net> To: "classicrendezvous@bikelist.org" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Subject: [CR]sitting on the shelves of the Cinelli factory...

as someone who makes things, keeps stock around for future projects, i am always intrigued by a detail on the object which speaks to process- in this case an obsolete fixture on a part of a frame.

what i am speaking of is on this far too small for me but rather beautiful Cinelli on ebay, http://tinyurl.com/2uff6k

I quote, "It does however have the casting for the placement of the oiler on the top side of the BB shell (it has not been drilled out though). "

the logistic possibilities of a BB shell having a oil hole not drilled is so interesting on this bike- was it sitting on the bottom of the box from last year, was someone saving it for a 'special' build, or was it sequenced to be one of the last of these bracket shells laying around?

Maybe this is of no interest to anyone else, but to me, such 'clues' and

idiosyncratic objects represent a bit of the 'behind the scenes' workings of the small shop. -- gabriel l romeu 70 deg f here today, calling for sleet tomorrow, confusing the robins and penguins in chesterfield nj usa... ± http://studiofurniture.com Ø http://journalphoto.org ±

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