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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
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On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 9:36 AM, <oroboyz@aol.com> wrote:
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> I never realized that Cinelli mixed & matched components as on this
> bike....
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> Dale Brown
> Greensboro, North Carolina USA
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-- George
George Hollenberg MD
CT, USA