I rather suspect that, at least with respect to the show bikes, the Cinelli may have espoused the same philosophy attributed to Ferrari, who when asked about the poor braking on a prototype car, replied,"anyone can make it go slow, but it takes genius to make it go fast." George George Hollenberg, MD CT, USA
On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Angel Garcia <veronaman@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a photo of the seat tube-less Laser courtesy of a reader from Japan
> that attended a Laser get-together, it's the second from the left:
>
> http://cinellionly.blogspot.com/
>
> Angel Garcia
> Long Valley NJ
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Freek Faro <khun.freek@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 12:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [CR] Cinelli Laser
> To: Angel Garcia <veronaman@gmail.com>
> Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>
>
> *There seems to be quite a few variations of the Laser...*
>
> Yes, the one without seattube in that Japanese bikeshop for instance. I
> couldn't post pictures, since it was on Facebook.
>
> Freek Faro
> Rotterdam Netherlands
>
> 2011/2/5 Angel Garcia <veronaman@gmail.com>
>
> The one in Dales photostream. the "fully aerodynamic", has the downtube
> >
>
>
>
> > shifters a bit more integrated into the downtube than George's bike; you
> > can
> > see how the downtube is sculpted out to fit the shifters.
> >
> > I happen to have a photo of the brake configuration, and Dale's photo,
> > here:
> >
> >
> >
> http://cinellionly.blogspot.com/
> >
> > There seems to be quite a few variations of the Laser...
> >
> > Angel Garcia
> > Long Valley Nj
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: George Hollenberg <ghollmd@gmail.com>
> > Date: Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 10:21 AM
> > Subject: Re: [CR] Cinelli Laser
> > To: oroboyz@aol.com
> > Cc: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> >
> >
> > *http://tinyurl.com/4ee927m
> >
> > Hi Dale:
> > This is an image of Laser #007 possibly one of the earliest intact
> > prototypes of the strada version remaining. It has Modolo Kronos brakes
> > (the
> > rear brake is in a shroud in back of the BB, IMHO one of the bike's most
> > interesting features), SRecord crankset, but Shimano FD and RD's, Roval
> > wheels with Campy skewers. Most of the rest is Cinelli. The leather which
> > looks like it's from some rare beast is really just calf stamped with
> this
> > design. Of course the notorious "suicide" pedals are sported.
> > Amusingly, when I brought the bike from Europe it was confiscated in
> > customs
> > since the shipper had marked it simply as "laser" and customs was very
> > suspicious to determine it was no more than a bike. This took them three
> > weeks.
> > The current question among some collectors is what degree of involvement
> > Cinelli himself had in the realization of this bike. Like so many things
> in
> > bike collecting, this question is probably best left in the obscurity in
> > which Cinelli desired.
> > Regards,
> > George
> > George Hollenberg MD
> > CT, USA
> > *
> > On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 9:36 AM, <oroboyz@aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I never realized that Cinelli mixed & matched components as on this
> > > bike....
> > >
> >
> http://www.flickr.com/
> > >
> > >
> > > Dale Brown
> > > Greensboro, North Carolina USA
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > George
> >
> > George Hollenberg MD
> > CT, USA
> > _______________________________________________
> > _______________________________________________
> >
> _______________________________________________
>
-- George
George Hollenberg MD
CT, USA