Thanks Mike. I'll be the first to admit I'm not a Cinelli expert, so this is good info. I was presuming that the 64 was offered in a 42 and 44 width. I don't know the difference between a 63 and a 64.
Jay Sexton Sebastopol, CA
hersefan@comcast.net wrote:
> In old logo, the only 42 width that was typically offered was the
> 66/42. The 63 and 64 did not come in the 42 width. Now I suspect
> there could be exceptions, but I've never seen one.
>
> Mike Kone in Boulder CO USA
>
>
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> From: Tom Dalton <tom_s_dalton@yahoo.com>
>
> > Still hoping one of you are willing to sell me a Cinelli 64-42
> or 64-44
> > from your stash(es). Need one for the Italvega I'm putting back
> on the
> > road.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Jay Sexton
> > Sebastopol, CA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Jay,
> >
> >
> >
> > A few years ago I heard that Richard Sachs had some old logo 42
> cm Cinellis,
> > NOS, that he was willing to sell for either $200 or $300. This
> is a typical
> > price for NOS wide, old Cinellis, which should give you some
> idea of how scarce
> > they are. I'll add that this scarcity extends to used examples,
> though
> > obviously they don't command the same amounts. On the rare
> occasion that they
> > turn up, I see nice used examp! les sel l on eBay around $100 -
> $150. That's why I
> > have zero sets when I'd like to have three. The 40 cm bars are
> MUCH easier to
> > get, though still not abundant. 38's are a bit more common
> still. My
> > impression is that 42's were unsually wide in the pre-1978
> timeframe of the old
> > logo, whereas they became the standard for adult men by the
> 1980's. So, hoping
> > that someone might trade a set of 42s or 44s (I don't know that
> the Giros even
> > came that wide in
> > the old logo days) for your 40s is a bit like asking if someone
> would like to
> > trade their Inverted Jenny postage stamp for a normally oriented
> one. Okay....
> > I'm exaggerating a little, but figure that the 42s are worth a
> few times the
> > amount of the 40s.
> >
> >
> >
> > Tom Dalton
> >
> > Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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