Got my Cinelli Legerissimo frame from Poland today. Dziekuje!! Very nice!!!
This is the one that was on E-bay and re-sprayed silver over the original yellow and red. It arrived packed in styrofoam, wrapped in paper. I unwrapped the paper, only to find the styrofoam wrapped in black plastic. Under the black plastic was more clear plastic wrapping. Under the clear plastic was styrofoam, which left little electro-statically charged balls and chunks all over the floor of my office. The frame inside the foam was further wrapped in two or three layers of black, and clear plastic wrap.
Anyway, the frame arrived undamaged. It has a bad paint job over the original paint. You can see the original yellow and red paint through the silver/blue re-spray. I am going to attempt to carefully cut back the silver paint and "excavate" down to the original paint. I doubt I will be able to save the original paint, but my goal is to exactly match the paint colors (kind of a school bus yellow and medium tomato red) and also identify any original Brugelmann decals, and their placement.
An Italian frame sold by a German dealer, sourced from Poland! To celebrate, I hoisted a Bitburger while eating Porcini stuffed Pierogis. The perfect bike for a guy who's father's family is from Pyrzyce Poland, mom's side is from Cologne Germany, and thinks he's Italian.
I will be documenting the restoration on my blog, veloclassics.blogspot.com
Stay tuned.
Jeff Pyzyk Milwaukee, WI
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