Subject: [CR] 60's cinelli's and some other bike pics
Roman asked:
"> All this talk of 60's Cinellis - below is link to some photos I took of
my
> bike this past weekend. Is this a model B? The serial number is very hard
to
> read - it's either 7047 or 7647? The numbers are close to other bikes
listed
> as early 60's bikes on the cinelli registry for what it's worth. It has
the
> BB oiler hole - but no fitting and all the parts are wrong - but
servicable.
> The bike has nice long chainstays for a longer wheel base and clearance
for
> fenders.
>
> http://sports.webshots.com/
>
>
> I purchased this as a frame a few years ago from someone in Vermont on
ebay
> - a couple very sketchy photos and I took a swipe at it and it turned out
to
> be a very nice bike after all. The seller said he purchased it from
someone
> in the San Francisco bay area after it had already been repainted and was
> outfitted with 70's parts. The painters name is very neatly hand painted
on
> the chain stay - "AVIVA" - anyone ever heard of that painter?"
The painter "AVIVA" was Alan Vivanco who lived in south Palo Alto and painted the occasional frame in his garage. Quite the perfectionist, he painted some of the frames I built for customers through Triple-E Cyclery in Mountain View in the early to mid 1970's before Wheelsmith was even started. At the time Alan worked for an auto paint store in Mountain View and was very adept using auto paint materials. He painted a frame I built with Nervex Pro lugs destined for use as a "super commuter" bike. The two tone blue with lug masking and striping in gold was as pretty as any I've seen since.
Hugh Enox
La Honda, California, USA
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