Backstory this Cinelli and Rider?

Backstory on this Cinelli and rider? Click on image to enlarge.

Photo: courtesy of www.gs-guccilife.blogspot.com


Addendum: the answer has been provided: it is Sergio Ferrero, Prince of Muresano, a Cinelli sponsored triathlete in the 1980s. Here is another photo (found on Facebook of DJ Harvey):

And another reader pointed me to this photo of Sergio Ferrero and Andrea Spitzer (Ibiza, mid 1980s):

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Pesenti Design

Andrea Pesenti was the builder of the Laser frames. Here are a few photos, for the sake of keeping a historical record, of a frame built under his own name:

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EXA Handlebars

The rare Cinelli EXA hexagon shaped handlebars whose idea came from the hexagon shape of a windsurfing boom according to "Cinelli, The Art and Design of the Bicycle"; this bar was a favorite of Claudio Chiappucci.

The special plugs to match are even harder to find.

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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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