1968 Cinelli S.C. with Bivalent Hubs

My thanks to Stefan of www.speedbicycles.ch for giving me permission to use his photos. Stefan's collection of bicycles is beautifully photographed.

This Cinelli is serial number 4274, made with Columbus tubing finished in cromovelato Mars red. It is equipped with a set of Cinelli bivalent hubs. Cinelli introduced this hub system in 1961 in which the front and rear wheels where interchangeable, and the freewheel remains on the bike during a wheel change. Read about Cino Cinelli's logic in creating these hubs:
Article (click to enlarge) courtesy www.classicrendezvous.com

Other components include Cinelli bar/stem, Unicanitor saddle, Fiamme red label rims and Clement Criterium Seta Extra Cappuccetto Roso tubulars.

Seat tube c-c 59cm, top tube c-c 57cm, weight 10.2kg

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1965/1968 Cinelli B

This restored 1965/1968 Cinelli B, serial number 6281, recently sold on ebay. Details of the listing:

-VINTAGE CINELLI MOD. B FRAME YEAR 1965/1968.

-'ALL CLAMP' EARLY CINELLI FRAME, THERE IS SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT 'ALL CLAMP' CINELLI FRAMES. (ed. note: 'all clamp' meaning that the frame has no braze-ons)

-MODEL: CINELLI MOD. B

-FRAME No. 6281

-BOTTOM BRACKET THREAD 36 x 24F. ITALIAN THREAD

-FORK THREAD 25.4 X 24F. ITALIAN THREAD

-REAR FORK SPACING: 120 mm.

-SEAT POST DIAMETER: 26.2mm.

-FRAME SIZE: 56 CM CENTER TO END 54.5CM CENTER TO CENTER TALL (SEAT TUBE)

-FRAME SIZE: 56 CMCENTER TO CENTER LONG (TOP TUBE)

-THE FRAME HAS BEEN SAND BLASTED, NEW CHROME, NEW PAINT AND NEW DECAL SET.

-THE FRAME IS STRAIGHT AND TRUE, NO DENTS OR DAMAGE, GUARANTEED.

-THE FORK WEIGHT IS: 800 GR.

-THE FRAME WEIGHT IS: 2260 GR.

-THE SEAT BOLT (NEW CHROME), AND ALL CAMPAGNOLO CLAMPS IN PHOTOS ARE INCLUDED.


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