Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Supercorsa, 1963 with Reynolds tubeset


My thanks to Siegfried for sending in photos (click on them to enlarge) of a friend's 1963 Cinelli SC with an original Reynolds decal. We don't see many of these.

I happen to have some images of a 1963 Ron Kitching catalog in which it indicates the Supercorsa is made as having the main triangle in Reynolds 531 and the fork and stays in double butted Columbus.

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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Cinelli "France" Bottom Bracket

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Sunday, November 18, 2012

"This is your brain on drugs" Cinelli SC

Spotted on www.gs-guccilife.blogspot.com
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Cinelli: The Art and Design of the Bicycle

The new book titled "Cinelli: The Art and Design of the Bicycle" is now available in English in bookstores. The publisher is Rizzoli, ISBN: 978-0-8478-3867-7.

A beautifully illustrated survey of more than sixty-five years of work by one of the most pioneering and influential names in bicycle design. Since Cino Cinelli began making frames in Italy in the 1940s, Cinelli has set the standards for bicycle and component design. Cinelli has led the evolution of professional cycling and defined the ideal of the classic bicycle: from the classic Supercorsa racing frame to the cutting-edge MASH fixed-gear pursuit bikes ubiquitous on the urban riding scene; from innovations such as the first plastic racing saddles to the controversial Spinaci handlebars, banned from competition; and from timeless components, such as the Alter stem, to iconic meetings of art and design such as Keith Haring’s treatment of the hour record-setting Laser.

With contributions by legendary riders such as Felice Gimondi and Gilberto Simoni, and by collaborators, from artists like Mike Giant to designers such as San Francisco’s graphic impresario Benny Gold, and featuring a conversation between fashion designer Sir Paul Smith and Cinelli president Antonio Colombo, Cinelli is the definitive look at how beauty and technology can meet in this simplest form of design.

About the Author
Lodovico Pignatti Morano is a writer and consultant based in Milan. Antonio Colombo has been the President and owner of Cinelli and Columbus since 1973, and is the director of a contemporary art gallery in Milan. Felice Gimondi is one of only five cyclists in history to win all three Grand Tours: the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, and the Vuelta a España.

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