On Nov 15, 2008, at 4:38 AM, Michael Schmidt wrote:
> Hi George,
>
> Thanks for drawing attention to this bike. It is a clean Cinelli but I
> think the owner of the bicycle is a bit off on the age of the bike. A
> Cinelli in 1980 would have the flying "C" lettering but the fork crown
> would
> not have the flying C and lugs would have the old style holes. The
> lugs
> and fork crown on this bike indicates to me that it is a Cinelli that
> would
> be no older than 1984.
>
>
> Mike Schmidt
> Stirling, NJ
> USA
They were made in this style for a long time. I bought an identical frame-down to color-new in about 1998. Phil Brown Wind just died down in Berkeley, Calif.