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The “Cicli Giotto Cinelli” was born in 1938-39 in Florence; initially for the production of attacks and handlebars, then also bikes. In 1948 Giotto sold the business to his brother Cino Cinelli, previously a successful runner. Cino had run for Frejùs, Bianchi, Benotto, winning, among other things, the Milan-Sanremo of 1943.
With the transition to Cino, production is moved to Milan. Since the main part of Cinelli’s production consisted of attacks and handlebars, Cino never pushed too much on the sale of complete bicycles: to avoid having competitive relationships with the other bike manufacturers, who were the buyers of its main products. Also for this choice, the Cinelli bikes, after the very first period, have remained high value bikes and high prices, just as high was their technical and innovation content; the Rolls Royces of the bikes have been defined.
In fact, Cinelli has introduced or otherwise widespread numerous innovations in racing bikes:
-the fork with the “sloping” head: making the sheaths of the fork shorter, the rigidity increases; the new design of the fork head also has an aerodynamic advantage;
– a particular saddle joint (from 1953), in which the clamping screw of the seatpost tube crosses the rear pendants of the frame;
– the quick release pedal (M71 of 1973);
– the aluminum handlebar (1963), already existing but widespread by Cinelli;
– the plastic saddle (Unicantor 1962), first introduced by T. Nieddu (famous for the Vittoria change) with which Cinelli will collaborate;
– TIG welding, with the Laser model, whose prototype is from the end of the seventies (see the sheet on this site).
In 1978 Cino Cinelli sells to the Colombo brothers, retiring to a villa in Tuscany. Antonio Colombo, son of Angelo, took the helm. Andrea Cinelli, Cino’s son, remains in the company dealing with marketing (his model is “Cinetica Giotto”, a beautiful bike that has not had great success). The Cinelli is also the first home to have brought Mountain Bike in Italy: with the “Rampichino” of 1984.
Very rare example of Cinelli Pista that Cino Cinelli built for the Italian national team. Only three other examples known in the world. The frame is stamped UVI (Unione Velocipedistica Italiana) N 46, where N probably stands for national.
The bike is built with Malaguti linkages. It is equipped with high flange FB hubs. Magistroni Humber crankset. Magistroni bottom bracked. Scheffield track pedals. Cinelli headset. Steel handlebar. Very rare Nanni Torino negative handlebar stem.
The bike has been restored in full compliance with the original specifications.
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