OK, I'm in on the orange Cinelli thread. This is one of my favorite Italian bikes of all time. I've put off editing and posting these pics for way too long ... so finally, here are four pages of a 1970s Cinelli pista tandem at the Bloomer Velodrome during our first Americane' vintage bike event last July:
<http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/fujifish1/OtherBikes/CinelliPistaTandem />
Serial number, for the record, appears to be either 7301, or 7801. My typical fashion of too many shots, but this time it has paid off. I JUST noticed by looking at the close-ups, that the front non-drive side crank has a huge crack right through at the top of the shoulder ... ready to break away with the next real effort! Man, am I glad it didn't happen while we rode it that day. I'll definitely let Russ, the current caretaker know about it.
Up next, all the other photos I've procrastinated editing and posting from the event ... the planning day, and days one and two!
Ciao, Mark Agree Southfield MI USA ~ ~ ~
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:28:07 -0800 From: verktyg <verktyg@aol.com> Subject: Re: [CR] Orange Cinelli track bike on eBay To: <Cino1947@aol.com>, Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
There's an all original orange Cinelli track bike on display at Stones Cyclery in Alameda, CA. (see link below, it's the 4th picture in the gallery)
http://www.stonescyclery.com/
This bike has a chrome fork and looks like a later model than the one on eBay.
I've seen at least one orange Cinelli road bike too.
Chas. Colerich Oakland, CA USA
Cino1947@aol.com wrote:
> There's a very nice (and pricey) Cinelli track bike on eBay that has 2
> unusual features:
> -I haven't seen a vintage original paint Cinelli in orange.
> -The fork crowns I've seen on Cinelli track bikes have been flat but
plain.
> This one almost looks like a double plated crown from a distance.
>
> _early 57cm Cinelli Speciale Corsa track /pista frame + - eBay (item
> 280428659667 end time Dec-24-09 09:32:37 PST)_
>
(http://ebay.com/<blah>
>
> Any comments?
> Thanks.
> Josh Berger
> Bronx, NY
> _cino1947@aol.com_ (mailto:cino1947@aol.com)