Harvey,
One cannot date a Cinelli by eyelets or not on the dropouts. Cinellis
were available in almost any configuration one could want. Cinelli
offered many options to suit the needs of the consumer. As others have
mentioned, Cinellis were available to order; in addition to bikes
being built with parts that might have been on hand at the moment. The
possibilities are tremendous.
Brian Baylis
La Mesa, CA
This week, I bought a 1971 SC and sold what I have thought was a 1973
SC. The '73 was a 62 cm ctc, and the 71 is enough smaller to matter.
But, I do get confused. '71, which the original owner says he bought
in
1971, does NOT have fender mount eyes on the front or rear dropouts,
and
it does not have the fender mount bosses on the bottm of the brake
bridge or the back of the chainstay bridge.
The nominal 1973 has all of these eyes and bosses, which I thought
were
earlier. As far as I noticed, the lugs are identical. FWIW, both are
the Cinelli silver, but the "1973" does not have down-tube Cinelli
decals.
Anyone have a convincing yarn to spin? was maybe the "1973" somewhat
older?
Or, where is the Bob Hovey of Cinellis? Is that you, Mark Bulgier? :- )
harvey sachs
mcLean va