With all this discussion about Cinelli variations and production numbers etc I still have no explanation as to why my '76-'77 SC has such an unusual serial # - 7.100 with a dot right after the 7. Until just a few weeks ago I had never seen another bike with this period in the number sequence. The other bike was on Ebay (fetched something like $5800) and was # 7.106 - just a few down the line from mine. If ALL Cinellis were built in the Cinelli facility why did do these bikes have this serial number aberration? I always assumed my bike to be a farmed out product. I do suspect that we will never know the answer!
Mike Short,
Austin TX.