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1950's Cinelli Speciale Corsa pista

After searching for years, recently i have found one! . . Cino Cinelli was born in Montespertoli (near Florence), Italy, 9 February 1916, he passed away on the 20th of April 2001. Cinelli family: Poor farming family from the province of Florence. 10 children total (born in less than 20 years) 7 boys and 3 girls. The second Arrigo (b. 1913), third Giotto (b. 1915) and fourth Cino (b. 1916) sons were active in cycling. Arrigo raced as an independent pro (1936-38); Giotto raced as a team pro for Maino (1936) and Bianchi (1937) and independent pro until 1940. Cino raced as independent pro (1937), and team pro for Fréjus (1938-39), Bianchi (1940-43), and Benotto (1944). . . You might wonder why the purple paintjob ?!?, This frameset was used by a Dutch trackcyclist Harrie Mater and his sponsor was "Unico Schilders" which translates in "Unico Painters" in English. And because of sponsorship reasons the frame got this amazing purple paintjob, which i think looks awesome :) . . This frameset dates back to the late 1950's and this can be seen by the Cinelli wolf ear lugs which was used untill 1968ish. . . I found this frameset with a whole mix of parts, and got the matching jersey which came with the bike. . . 59cm center center 61cm center top 59cm top tube

Frame:
Reynolds 531

Fork/Headset:
Reynolds 531 / Magistroni Cinelli

Crankset/Bottom Bracket:
Campagnolo / Campagnolo pista

Pedals:
Campagnolo con denti

Drivetrain/Cog/Chainring/Chain:
23-7 / Campagnolo 7T / Campagnolo 23T / Wipperman inch pitch

Handlebars/Stem:
Cinelli no14 / Cinelli sacchi 130mm

Saddle/Seatpost:
Brooks / Titan 26,2mm

Front Wheel/Hub/Tire:
Mavic / Campagnolo GS pista / Wolber

Rear Wheel/Hub/Tire:
Mavic / Campagnolo GS pista / Wolber

More Info:
Harry Mater passed away on the 13th of januari 2017. May he rest in peace. . . Framenumber: 4896. Finished!

Bike History

Click a link below to see past stages of this bike.

  1. Initial
  2. Stage 2.

Current Stage Info:

Finished!

Added by kobe. Last updated almost 5 years ago.

16 Comments

TWB-Third-World-Biker

TWB-Third-World-Biker says:

What an interesting story, Thank for posting.

Posted over 4 years ago

Thor

Thor says:

simply beautiful!

Posted about 5 years ago

kobe

kobe says:

Thank you Thor :)

Posted about 5 years ago

strange

strange says:

Okay. I want it

Posted almost 6 years ago

kobe

kobe says:

Sorry no can do sir, :)

Posted over 5 years ago

oouellette

oouellette says:

Gorgeous!

Posted about 6 years ago

kobe

kobe says:

Thank you

Posted about 6 years ago

40degreerake

40degreerake says:

Wish I had your legs to push that gearing.

Posted about 6 years ago

kobe

kobe says:

Lol

Posted about 6 years ago

Stuntman_Mike

Stuntman_Mike says:

Sorry. This is Speciale Corsa

Posted over 6 years ago

kobe

kobe says:

Yes man you are right :)

Posted over 6 years ago

steelbuddie

steelbuddie says:

Very nice bike kobe :-D

Posted over 6 years ago

kobe

kobe says:

Thank you very much Ben :)

Posted over 6 years ago

Jehu

Jehu says:

Oh man I love the color!

Posted almost 7 years ago

ghostridethewhip

ghostridethewhip says:

+1

Posted almost 7 years ago

kobe

kobe says:

Thank you man :)

Posted almost 7 years ago