Mike Sinyard's Cinelli

This Cinelli is the personal bicycle of Mike Sinyard, founder and chairman of Specialized. It hangs in the Specialized museum at company headquarters in Morgan Hill, California. Sinyard sold Cinelli frames and components in the 1970s.

Photo, used by permission, by Jim Merz. Jim Merz, framebuilder of Merz Mfg (1970s to 1982) in Portland, Oregon, maintains a Facebook page here.

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Cinelli Golden Black Handelbar, Stem, Water Bottle Holder, Saddle

Spotted on ebay with these comments: "Incredible Cinelli Golden Black handlebar stem combo with 18 karat gold accents, down to even the binder bolt. I am unsure of what is solid vs. gold plated. Beautifully textured leather wrapped and stitched handlebar. Bars and stem were mounted on a Golden Black show bike."

We have photos of such a "Golden Black" (1987) Cinelli here.

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Cinelli and Tour d'Afrique 2013

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Vecel & Co. Ltd 1952 Cinelli Advertisement

Thanks to Bob who writes, "Whilst trying to identify my newly aquired early 1950’s frame, I was sent this ad (click on image to enlarge) which was placed in the November 21 1952 edition of British magazine ‘Motor Cycle and Cycle Trader”. The frame in the ad appears to have Simplex drop outs and braze-ons for derailleurs and rear brake cable. It seems to have a semi-sloping fork crown with points on the outside. I hope this will be of interest to your readers."

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Concept: Cinelli Pista

Ilya writes, "When I was working on this project I was inspired by starting sprinters' position."

 Ilya has undertaken some interesting design projects which you can view at www.ilya-vostrikov.blogspot.ru

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CINELLI Book Presentation in Torino, 5 February

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Uniblok 2000

Uniblok 2000 cleats. Anyone have more information about these? One description says,
"Designed to fit vintage Campagnolo Record Strada or Pista pedals, but will also fit many similar quill-type pedals (like MKS, Lyotard, Sheffield, KKT etc.) Improves sole stiffness and pedal contact. Recommended for race and track use only, as it is difficult to remove shoes from pedals with these installed!"

Reminder: I invite you to contribute by sending in photographs of your Cinelli bike, illustrations, personal stories, and articles about Cinelli bikes and components. I can be contacted at veronaman@gmail.com