Posts Tagged ‘cinelli’
August 3, 2011
3 years ago I saw an ad for a steel track frameset, my size, within my budget and looking good. So off I went to Bristol to pick it up. I arrived, checked the frame and agreed to make the transaction. It was a mid 70s silver enamelled Carlton, badged as a Marcarini, lovely it was, Fischer crown and everything. Yes please. But before I swapped my cash for the merchandise he offered to show me another frameset. “OK” I said. He then brought this out: A 1976 Team Raleigh track SB969 in ‘the’ colourway.
Dilemma. I’d always wanted one of these and this was again my size. It looked a bit tatty and the fork was rusted to within an inch of it’s life but then it’s not everyday someone presents you with one of these in your size. Even though the Raleigh was in much poorer condition to the Carlton he wanted more money for it. More than my budget. I got him to put wheels in both, stand them up side by side and I stared at them for a bit. The mental tussle went on for half an hour and then Bang! it finally happened. I saw the potential in that Red, yellow and black, I had chosen to burn the budget and I had bought the Raleigh.
Three years later and I still use it daily, rain or shine. It is scratched, battered and bruised but continuing to work like a beautifully oiled machine, hell it is a beautifully oiled machine! I love it and I can’t see it leaving my hands anytime soon. I’v had many bikes since this has been around but they’ve all gone to new homes, all except one.
I want to live in southern France one day and when I do I want this in the lounge.
Previous Raleigh posts.
The awesome Recollections of Ilkeston.
Classic lightweights on Raleigh SBDU.
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Tags:1976, 2, 531, 76, belgium, campagnolo, carlton, cinelli, dp18, essential, essential item, fischer, ilkeston, itam, number 2, pista, race, raleigh, reynolds, rigida, sbdu, steel, ti, track
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May 31, 2011
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Tags:cinelli, colnago, lomo, lomography, look, photography, roberts, tools, track, tt
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January 3, 2011
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Tags:1988, carbon, cinelli, laser, olympic, pursuit, race, russia, seoul, steel, track, velodrome
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November 23, 2010
What an amazing shot. Seen here.
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Tags:boards, campagnolo, cinelli, columbus, gintautas, gold medal, laser, olympioc, pista, race, seoul, steel, track, umaras, velodrome
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November 16, 2010
Damn, son. That’s some collection you have there…. I’d say you need to cool off and think about letting some of your hotness go!
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Tags:amsterdam, cinelli, colnago, de rosa, italian, pista, rih, rossin, russia, takhion, track
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September 27, 2010
Sure, it’s pretty nice and there is no doubt that kids everywhere want one of these 2011 Cinelli x Mash track framesets, but considering the amount of geared road and cross riding the Mash fellas’ do these days isn’t it about time that Cinelli introduced a Mash road frameset?
Mash! Cinelli! If you are reading this, get it done… The following will do, matte black, thanks.
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Tags:2011, black, cinelli, cross, frameset, low pro, mash, pista, race, road, sf, track
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September 16, 2010
Cinelli is very proud to announce it’s involvement in Eley Kishimoto’s FLASH ON project. The project began with the designers Mark Eley and Wakako Kishimoto interest in our classic Supercorsa Model..
This starting point grounded the project: the Cinelli Supercorsa is a very concrete piece of cycling’s cultural heritage, the longest running production model in the history of road cycling. It is a product by now more akin to a Carlo Barbera yarn than a bicycle simply for the elaborate cycle, and rarity of the techniques, used in its construction.
Knowing this, Eley Kishimoto, with typical playful antagonism, decided to paint “over” the original design, disguising the elaborate details (chromed lugs, pinstripe graphics, proprietary fastback stays)in their signature “Flash” pattern, producing a sort of visual double-take: you-see-it-you-don’t-see-it.
Wow, this looks awesome… a decent side on photograph would be nice though.
More info here.
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Tags:2010, bff, cinelli, collab, design, elley kishimoto, event., race, road, supercorsa
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September 8, 2010
Concorde Squadra team PDM, Netherlands, 1989.
Professional PDM (1986 – 1992) team bike from Concorde (made by Ciocc or Billato, Italy) with Columbus TSX framework #99047 finished in PDM team colours. Equipped with Campagnolo C-Record 7-speed Delta group in Century finish. Cinelli bar/stem, Campagnolo Omega Strada clincher rims.
The rims, the rims! Seen.
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July 12, 2010
So I found my lockring, attached it and went riding, now here it is, in all it’s glory, straight back after it’s maiden voyage as the ‘silver shadow’.
We went on a lovely 30 or so miler yesterday evening with Hardysan on his brand new and totally luscious Parlee. It was a beautiful ride in the evening sun around West heath, Blackwell, Wythall, Lickey hills and then some… I tell you, it was probably the most hills in succession I have ridden round these parts. Not bad training for a european excursion, perhaps do the route 3 times on an empty stomach, with a rucksack on and flat tyres, I’m sure that’d be training enough.
It was all gravy until I reached about 5 miles from home and 30 minutes before the World Cup final began, when I heard “crunch, click, crunch, click, clunk, click”. Strange, so I looked down and to my horror I noticed that the noise that had been coming from the rear of the bicycle for the past few weeks was indeed what I thought it might have been… A knackered freewheel. Damn thing had pretty much fallen off and it was now refusing to engage and turn the wheel.
I had known something was up since I got these wheels, A clunking every now and then when spinning at high revs, but until something broke I had no idea what it was exactly, thankfully it chose to fail in relative walking distance from my home.
Next up it’s a relentless hunt for a 6 speed block and preferably Regina!
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Tags:90s, c record, campagnolo, chorus, cinelli, classic, columbus, cromor, olmo, repro, selle italia, steel, vintage
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May 11, 2010
So, remember last week I mentioned that I planned to fit some tubular tyres onto my newly purchased wheels? Well, I have only gone and done it! I can also report that: Yes, it is a right bast**d fitting them but I can also report that it is a lot less of a pain in the ass than I first thought.
Happy as Larry I am now, happy as Larry.
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Tags:531, campagnolo, cinelli, mavic, pista, raleigh, reynolds, sr, standard, steel, team, ti, track, tubular, tyres, vintage
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April 19, 2010
If you couldn’t tell from these drawings then you should know that Gilberto Colombo played a significant part in some of the most advancing bike frame designs in history.
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Tags:cinelli, colnago, columbus, design, gilco, history, italy, lazer, master, pursuit, stainless, steel, trafiltubi
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January 26, 2010
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Tags:531, blue, campagnolo, cinelli, far gosford lane, lee cooper, mavic, pista, reynolds, steel, tom bromwich, track
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October 16, 2009
Colnago killing me again!
I know summer has gone but you could create your own rays simply by mounting this whip. Around my neighbourhood we like to call this “Blingerz” and yes, always with a Z.
I will post the source next week, right after I post more photographs. Maybe it will be the luscious Bottecchia Equipe or maybe even the magnificent Ciocc San Cristobal! We will see.
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Tags:campagnolo, chrome, cinelli, colnago, pantograph, plated, steel
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July 14, 2009
This Berlin based fellow has a collection of bikes that is sicker than most, seriously he has some killer bicycles and I would potentially do ( almost ) anything for the chromed out C.B.T Italia he has… Ouch!
Go check out his steez as he individually details each of his bikes with a whole bunch of photographs, which is nice.
Many thanks to Kris for the linky.
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Tags:benotto, berlin, bicycle, cinelli, collection, germany, italia, pista, retro, road, track, vintage
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