This bicycle may not be a "Equipe" at all but would appear to be related in some way. It is a "Cinelli Project" Centurion. Certainly there are differences with an "Equipe". Best to read
Part I and
Part II for reference.
The owner of this bike, which is blue with red Centurion lettering (note also the fork is different from an Equipe) wrote: "It's so cool to see a blog about Cinelli bikes! I'm a big fan of the
bike brand and here is my story about the Cinelli I have. I was bike
racing in college, but not on a so great bike. When I was just out of
college, I wanted to continue to do a lot more riding. I was looking for
a new frame to build a nice road bike with. A friend from high school,
who managed a new bike store showed me the Project Cinelli Centurion
bike frame. He said that these frames were produced for dealers (do not
know how many) to promote the new "Project Bike" that was coming out at
the end of the year. He only had one, and it was my size 60cm. I asked
after looking at it for a couple of weeks if I could buy it. He said
yes, so I bought the frame and built the bike you see
here. Its a light steel, stiff-tight frame..I love riding this bike, it
very responsive. The decals are original to the bike frame except for the Campy
decals on the top tube. The head tube had a decal on it but all that
remains is the "Cinelli Project" part, the "Centurion" logo
(in red) went vertical up the center above Cinelli Project."
If anyone has more information about "Cinelli Project" bikes please write in.
addendum: in May, 2013, a reader wrote to say that at least two of these-as a frame/fork as pictured above (ie., not a built up bike)-were sold in New Mexico.
I invite you to contribute by sending in photographs of your Cinelli
bike, illustrations, personal stories, and articles about Cinelli bikes
and components.
Thanks for stopping by.
I can be contacted at veronaman@gmail.com
