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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Cinelli with Chrome Rings on Seat Tube

Regarding the previous entry in which there are Cinelli images in the 1963 Ron Kitching catalog, this comment was left: "Also, never seen a Cinelli with chrome seat panels?........Bianchi's yes." If you look closely at the catalog you will see the Super Corsa with four chromed rings on the seat tube.

Courtesy of Jack we have photos of a circa late 50s/early 60s Cinelli Super Corsa in bronze color with these types of bands. Note the oil port on the bottom bracket.

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Cinelli in 1963 Ron Kitching Catalog

My thanks to Gordon C. for sending these scans from the Ron Kitching (England)catalog of 1963.

The Super Corsa is listed as having the main triangle in Reynolds 531 and the fork and stays in double butted Columbus. The colors available are listed as Grecian WHITE, Mars RED, IVORY, and Olympic YELLOW.

The Pista model is constucted with the same tubes as the Super Corsa; reinforced round fork blades are used. It is available in two colors: IVORY or Powder BLUE.

Also listed are the Riviera and Corsa models; see images for details.

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Viale Monza, 10 Milano; 60+ Years Later

This was the door that lead to the original CINELLI headquarters.

Thanks Matteo via G.S. GUCCILIFE

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Ten Speed Drive Imports Cinelli Catalog

1980s catalog made by Ten Speed Drive Imports based in Florida. At that time Ten Speed Drive Imports main distributors of Italian cycling products from Campagnolo, Cinelli, Nisi, & many other marques. My thanks to dale Brown for the images.

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Cinelli, Il Grande Ciclismo

Matthew B. writes in with, "Another piece of documentation worth pointing out is the Cinelli "Il Grande Ciclismo" product poster from the early 80's. It featured a tight crop of one of these black/gold machines."

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1987 Cinelli "Golden Black", Cinelli Design

Another bit of black Cinelli bike history has arrived courtesy of Mark A.

Mark writes, "In 2003, I saved a few pictures of a Cinelli like this that I saw on the Internet, said to be from 1987. This is a copy of the text I saved.":

Cinelli 1987 “Golden Black” with 1981 Black Campagnolo Super Record
"The Golden Black was evidently an exhibition bike or a design study, never meant to be ridden. The frame is not noticably different to the standard Cinellis of the same period, but the attention to detail and the groupset are extraordinary. This Golden Black was purchased by a collector in Germany and never ridden; price unknown. The Super Record groupset dates from 1981, but the frame itself was built in 1987. The frame bears no serial number; it has only a gold plate stating it was built in February 1987 (I'll give you one guess how many were made in Feb.'87!). The highly modified Super Record components must have been delivered in pieces, specially prepared, and stored in anticipation of a limited production run. The total number of units produced is unknown."

ed. note: In this article about the "confused" Cinelli, Cinelli discusses how in 1983 the Cinelli name/logo on the seat tube was covered by the crankset. That is also the case with the two black Cinelli's I just wrote about (here and here) previously. On the bicycle in the above photos you can see that the Cinelli name has been moved so it is now visible above the crankset which would be be consistent with a frame made later than 1983.

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