Gintautas Umaras' Cinelli Laser

Filippo, from Italy, sends this photo of Gintautas Umaras, gold medalist in the men's 4km pursuit and team pursuit at the 1988 Olympic games in Seoul, Korea, riding a Cinelli Laser (perhaps made with Columbus SLX tubes).

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Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery

My friend Kevin writes, "Just saw an ad for the new "worldwide patent" Selle Italia MONOLINK saddle that you wrote about last year when it was just about coming to market (see here). It looks curiously similar to the early 1960s Cinelli Unicanitor saddle/seatpost system. Most notable similarity are the saddle rails. What's old is now new!"

The Selle Italia MONOLINK System:


The 1960s Cinelli Unicanitor saddle/seatpost system:



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Cinelli Laser Pursuit

Denis, from Taiwan, sent these photos of his Cinelli pursuit bike with a very a unique head tube design.

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Cinelli Laser Pista

This frame appeared on ebay with the information below. The frame was listed with a starting bid of $3999.00; the listing was ended early by the seller (no one had bid yet).

ultra rare track frame LASER !

serial number : 3 !

used, some paint chips, but no dents.

COLUMBUS drop-outs.

A: top tube length C to C: 52 cm

B: seat tube C to C: 51,5 cm

C: chain stay C to C : 36,5 cm

Rear width: 120mm front: 100mm.

Seat post diameter: 27.2 mm

COLUMBUS drop-outs.

B/B and fork italian thread

wheels 700, front/rear.


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1969 Cinelli with "Alpine" Gearing by Spence Wolfe

My thanks to Don Martinich for writing in with, "I just wanted to let you know I have a vintage bicycle site which focuses on racing from the 50's to the 80's. It has a page devoted to my family's Cinells including the S.C. my wife bought in 1969 with a Spence Wolf alpine set up and TA cranks. It's spent most of it's time indoors since it was new and is in excellent condition.

Tt wasn't a custom order, but, a Spence-buildup in-shop item. Two components that stand out are the crankset and the rear derailleur. The crankset is a Specialites T.A.'Criterium' with cottered aluminum alloy cranks. The rear derailleur is a Campagnolo Nuovo Record modified by Spence for alpine gearing. The bicycle has all original finish, decals, and components with the exception of the clincher rims. (The original Fiamme sew-up rims have been saved.) The hubs are wide flange Campagnolo Record. The pedals are the classic Campagnolo Stradas. Bars and stem are Cinelli. The centerpull brakes are Universal. The seatpost and bar shifters are also Campy. The bike is now in the care of our son, Anton."

Pictured above is Kathy Martinich's 1969 Cinelli (photos by Don Martinich).

Don's website is www.velovecchio.com

Don also has this photo of Spence and Lillian Wolfe at their Cupertino Bike Shop. They only dealt in quality lightweights and became West Coast (of U.S.A.) importers for Cinelli frames for many years. Spence was also a bike mechanic of "guru" stature and collaborated with the Phil Wood company on their component designs.


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Cinelli Laser with Stem Integrated Into Fork

Cinelli Laser in Columbus MAX with stem integrated into fork. See photo, and comments, of one being raced by a member of the USSR national team here.

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Cino Cinelli: Consumed By The Passion

Photos courtesy of campagnolo delta brakes blog; click to enlarge to read text from this information rich article that appeared in Bicycle Guide Jan/Feb 1989.

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Cinelli Laser Crono sn 7 86

CINELLI ONLY reader Ronny writes in with, "The frame is dated number 7 86 and is probably the first Max frame built. I have been in contact with Cinelli/Columbus about this frame and for confirmation of my thoughts. I found the bike in Russia where it has been since the 80s. The bike is now painted and will be assembled in December. I will send new photos as soon as it is built up, I am waiting only for some parts."

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Unusual Red Cinelli Bikes

Denis sent these photos of a pair of unusual Cinelli bikes that are part of a collection in Taiwan. One has a curved strengthening section between the top tube and down tube and an interesting bottom bracket configuration, the other frame has semi-curved seat stays.

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Cinelli Love Extends Around the World

My thanks to Denis who has sent some very nice photos of Cinelli Laser bikes in Taiwan. The photos show some iterations of Lasers that I have never seen, as in the case of this photo of the Laser second from the left.

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Hans-Henrik Oersted and Cinelli Laser, Part II

Part I.

Another photo, courtesy of G.S. Guccilife, of Hans-Henrik Oersted riding a Cinelli Laser circa 1984/1985.

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Patrick Leclerc in the Cinelli Team

Announcement from Cinelli, November 9, 2010:

"Cinelli is pleased to announce today the arrival of Patrick Leclerc in the Cinelli team. Patrick, here photographed at the Cinelli HQ with Antonio Colombo, President, Paolo Erzegovesi, CEO and Fabrizio Aghito, Vice President, will assume the role of Product Manager and be responsible for relationships with all Cinelli’s international manufacturers. We are sure that the addition of an extremely experienced Product Manager such as Patrick with his significant achievements in the sector (outlined below) will only further facilitate the great growth that Cinelli is undergoing at present.

-Patrick has been involved in the bike industry for more than 10 years. He started as a bike mechanic for numbers of years. Then in 1999 worked on the road as technical representative for EGS (Syncro-Shift). He then worked for 3 major Canadian bike companies rising to the position of Pavement Bike Product Manager at Rocky Moutain. Of course he still rides as often as possible between all the trips.-

We are sure that this is the beginning of a long and fortuitous relationship between Patrick and Cinelli and look forward to sharing some great success in the world of innovative cycling."


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Cinelli Genuine Merchandise Now Available Worldwide

Cinelli and Ciclismo Totale have officially introduced the Cinelli Genuine Merchandise project. The project is a collaboration between the Milan brand and the Turin-based Ciclismo Totale in which the latter will take care of all merchansing and e-commerce.

Cinelli Genuine Merchandise is their new communication tool to promote Cinelli design and support the events that they love the most. In addition to the popular traditional hats and t-shirts that are already on the market are limited editions produced in collaboration with friends from California Mash, the European Championships, Cycle Messnger World Championships and the 10th nniversary of the Bicycle Film Festival. The collection, made entirely in Italy using the highest quality fabrics, is available online at Total Cycling (www.ciclismototale.it; or you can land on the same page by navigating www.cinelli.it).

Products will be available for purchase using paypal and will be mailed by worldwide by Posteitaliane.

Photos: examples of products

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Cinelli Winged Logo Design

The Cinelli winged logo was designed in 1978 by Italo Lupi



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