Nice. I remember reading about Eric Clapton's custom Cinelli that he picked up from the factory - a beautiful red super corsa.
Noah Gellner New York City
On 10/30/07, Tom Sanders <tsan7759142@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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> "The Morning I arrived in Tokyo, Hiroshi came over to the hotel on his new
> Cinelli track bike to give me a sample of some jackets he was designing
> for
> the Japanese Division of Levi Strauss & Co. He is a great designer,
> taking
> classic or military designs and just adding one or two distinguishing
> features to make something new and unique. He is still a leading pioneer
> in
> street culture, hence the Cinelli. Track bike riding is taking over from
> skateboarding in Japan, and Hiroshi is in the avant-garde as usual. I
> have
> caught the obsession, of course. He is very infectious, and I have begun
> buying vintage road bikes, not to ride but because
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> I have always loved the equipment of cycling, especially bikes and
> accessories from the sixties."
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> Tom Sanders
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> Lansing, MI USA
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Noah J. Gellner
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