Monday, April 29, 2013

Backstory this Cinelli and Rider?

Backstory on this Cinelli and rider? Click on image to enlarge.

Photo: courtesy of www.gs-guccilife.blogspot.com


Addendum: the answer has been provided: it is Sergio Ferrero, Prince of Muresano, a Cinelli sponsored triathlete in the 1980s. Here is another photo (found on Facebook of DJ Harvey):



And another reader pointed me to this photo of Sergio Ferrero and Andrea Spitzer (Ibiza, mid 1980s):



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Thursday, April 18, 2013

Pesenti Design

Andrea Pesenti was the builder of the Laser frames. Here are a few photos, for the sake of keeping a historical record, of a frame built under his own name:




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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

EXA Handlebars





The rare Cinelli EXA hexagon shaped handlebars whose idea came from the hexagon shape of a windsurfing boom according to "Cinelli, The Art and Design of the Bicycle"; this bar was a favorite of Claudio Chiappucci.

The special plugs to match are even harder to find.


Reminder: I invite you to contribute by sending in photographs of your Cinelli bike, illustrations, personal stories, and articles about Cinelli bikes and components. I can be contacted at veronaman@gmail.com