Cinelli Pista

Thanks to Erik for the following:

"I really enjoy your site. I own Three steel Cinellis and love the brand.
I recently completed a build of an old SC Pista frame that I wanted to contribute with to your site.

The frame was raced in Bulgaria and bought in the capital Sofia. It was most likely raced by a national team member back in the days. According to my estimation the frame is a later 70's model, judging by the drilled lugs, lack of oil port, lug shapes and Columbus sticker. The fork crown is a flat model but unlike most other Pista's it has a circular hole istead of the usual triangel/heart or horisontal straight milling on the sides.

The frame has a beautiful patina, no dents or damages what so ever and has been fitted with period correct and equally patinated high end components. This bike is definitely a keeper as it fits me like a glove. I will eventually bring it to the track, get rid of the Clement tyre covers and give it some good racing time, just like it was built for!

The serial number is 8087. It is also inscripted on the bottom bracket with the letters "CINELLI SC MADE IN ITALY" which indicates it's a pretty late 1970's frame (as far as I know)."

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Falco, Milano

Interesting head badge. Is there a story behind it related to Cinelli????

Cinelli head badge for reference:


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Formula Bici, Part II

My thanks to Angelo who supplied the following additional details about Formula Bici:

Formula Bici was founded in 1981 and was closed in 1984. Its founders were Dr. Colombo, Dr. Pesenti, Ing. Erzegovesi, Ing. Caccia. It was founded to produce BMX bikes for the American market but in addition to BMX bikes there were 50 road/touring frames made and 50 FCI Pista frames made.

All the frames were brazed by Andrea Pesenti (from Cinelli, and the Laser framebuilder).

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Formula Bici

A reader sent me these photographs inquiring if this was a Cinelli as it had a http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifbarely visible Cinelli decal. While Cinelli bikes are known for their fastback seat stays designs their was an effort by Cinelli, in the early 1980s, to create a "Formula Bici" brand.

The only photos I have of a Formula Bici, in this case made for the FCI (Italian cycling federation), appeared here. The bike above is very similar (with exceptions such as the drilled seat stay lugs, fork).

More photos of Formula Bici bicycles are needed.

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Cinelli Head Tube Badge

This badge is from a mid-late 1960s Cinelli SC, the back is brass.

Thanks to Karl for the photos.

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Cino Cinelli Wins 36th edition of Milan-Sanremo

This newspaper clipping describes Cino Cinelli's victory in the 36th edition of Milan-Sanremo in 1943.

Image courtesy of David Beck.

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Cino Cinelli, 1938

Cino Cinelli in 1938, riding for Frejus.

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