Pergolizzi's eBay description (item 170099580928) notes , "this is the frame that Harvey Sachs is holding in the Cirque group photograph a few years ago."
Guilty as charged, your Honor. Last minute, I grabbed it because I thought we really needed a bike or frameset in the picture, it was really close to where the picture was being taken, and it had more funk than anything else in Greensboro. Despite John's flattery, I very much look forward to helping John with the last Cirque Greensboro auction, this June.
I am grateful that another early Cinelli was too small for me, one shown twice at Cirque. That one had an Altenberger gruppo, with the neat horizontal parallelogram rear derailleur hung from the chainstay. It was about equal to John's in patina, but the Altenbergers gave it the edge in funk.
harvey sachs mcLean va (my own Cinelli SC has a high paint funk factor, too, partly original silver and partly mismatched brushed-on (?) silver.. But it is a great ride)
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>> I have listed my 1956 Cinelli on e-bay. Here is the link:
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>> John T.Pergolizzi
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