MGOOF : Modern groupset on old frame

I like his cx merckx as well. Don't see many of those around.

Managed to sneak in another Italian before year end, Cinelli Supercorsa with 20 speed Campag.

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Shame about the Daytona levers, but i forgive you because that's a beautiful bike

Thanks, nothing wrong with Daytona levers tho, they operate just like Chorus bit maybe a tad heavier. These were barely used and I got them for a fraction of the cost decent 10 speed Chorus shifters goes for, so was a no brainer.

A beaut! Lively blue colour. How old's that frame?

I think Cinelli called that colour China Blue.
It’s very good condition and I bet it rides nice.

It's Columbus SLX New so figure it's early to mid 90s?

I'm not familiar with Cinelli serial numbers, but if they're un-Italian and logical for a change, and some of the numbers on the BB shell actually correspond to years then maybe 95:)

Keep it hidden. :)

Correct, first two digits are the year of manufacture.

Thanks, that's the first italian bike I've owned that has such a common sense system :)

Oh yeh that's just me being picky on parts and models. I'm pretty sure their almost identical, I've fixed a few and had centaur/chorus/daytona and apart from updates to the plastic or the mechanism can't tell the difference!

I’m a Cinelli fanboy and son of a Cinelli fanboy.
My father was born on the same day as Cino Cinelli, imagine that!
We visited the shop in the 70s.
As far as I remember there were a few builders on site and a few outside contractors. Every single one had their own numbering system. So there was no overall system at all.
When Antonio Colombo took over he made the company a lot more businesslike and well organized.