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Cinelli Speciale Corsa track - 1971
Owned by: David
Rapley
| Frame |
Cinelli Speciale Corsa track frame - No. 2177:
21½" seat tube, 22" top tube, 16" chainstays, 38"
wheelbase
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| Wheels |
Fiamme sprint rims on Campagnolo large-flange
track hubs with double-butted spokes
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| Chainset |
Campagnolo Pista
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| Pedals |
Campagnolo track
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| Gears |
Single-speed fixed
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| Brakes |
N/A
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| Stem/Bars |
Cinelli Pista bars on Cinelli steel stem
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| Headset |
Campagnolo |
| Saddle |
Unicanitor on
Campagnolo seat pin
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| Extra
details |
Cinelli track
bikes in original condition are rare. What is rare and interesting
about this particular machine is that it has never been ridden. It was
purchased new by one of Canada's most famous racing cyclists,
multi-Olympian Lorne 'Ace' Atkinson, not to ride, as he had retired
from racing, but to display in his business Ace Cycles in Vancouver.
Some years later it was bought by a racing friend of Lorne's who had
the same intention and it remained with him for some twenty years on
display in his house. It passed to the BOFCI collection in 2005. Apart
from new bar tape - same type and colour - and a few storage marks, it
is as new. Bike such as this provide a perfect reference
point for restorers.
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