Stayer Stem

Fabio sends photos of his Cinelli-Milano stayer stem with these comments attached:
"As you know, the classic stayer stem has crest logo, not the oval logo. Also as you said, the classic stayer has the knurling. The oval logo that appears is not the earliest oval logo. The earliest logos say "FIRENZE" instead of "MILANO", or the earliest logo says "C.CINELLI" instead of "CINELLI", or the earliest logos are football-shaped, instead of oval. So, I believe that is a late 50's - early 70's logo. That's the same time that the classic stayer stem was made, so my belief is that this was a custom, or special made stem by Cinelli for a special customer, or for the UVI."

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Brügelmann

The Radsporthaus Brügelmann shop in Frankfurt was a very important Cinelli dealer. The "Leggerissimo" model in yellow and red  was made by Cinelli expressly at the request of the Brügelmann brothers. This photo is of the Brügelmann brothers racing Cinelli pista bicycles.

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UVI Pista N.48

These Cinelli bikes don’t have serial numbers per se, but rather their UVI (Unione Velocipedistica Italiana) number is stamped on the right/drive side of the seat cluster. These UVI bicycle are extraordinarily rare. Photos of number 5 can be seen here.

Number 48, thanks to owner Fabio for the photos:

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Pista, 1961-1963

It's always interesting to learn where Cinelli framesets find their way to in the world. These are in Turkey, and Dogukan writes, "I am a collector in Türkiye, and I am a big vintage Cinelli SC series fan. In short, as a result these are my Cinelli frame sets."

 Pista, 1961-1963; more photos and details here.

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1980s Catalog, Part II

Thanks to Fabio for this catalog, Part I posted in previous entry. Click on images to enlarge.

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1980s Catalog, Part I

Thanks to Fabio for this catalog, Part II in near future today. Click on images to enlarge.

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