{"id":154,"date":"2014-05-14T21:04:26","date_gmt":"2014-05-14T20:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/?p=154"},"modified":"2014-11-18T21:07:06","modified_gmt":"2014-11-18T20:07:06","slug":"cinelli-art-design-bicycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2014\/05\/14\/cinelli-art-design-bicycle\/","title":{"rendered":"Cinelli: The Art and Design of the Bicycle"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are names that become synonymous with entire areas of activity. Pele means soccer. Gretzky is a general synonym for ice hockey. And Cino Cinelli stands for cycling.<\/p>\n

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\nWith contributions by legendary riders such as Felice Gimondi and Gilberto Simoni, and by collaborators, from artists like Mike Giant to designers such as San Francisco\u2019s graphic impresario Benny Gold, Cinelli is the definitive look at how beauty and technology can meet in this simplest form of design. (source: CINELLI: THE ART AND DESIGN OF THE BICYCLE)
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An outstanding cyclist, an ingenious designer, and an innovator helped to move cycling to the threshold of the 21st century. The Cinelli brand has been producing supreme quality sports bicycles for decades, even though \u2013 or is it because? \u2013 the Milano-based company put out just several thousand bicycles per year until the 1970s.<\/p>\n

Cinelli\u2019s cycling career peaked during the World War II. After the war, he quit racing and started producing and designing bicycles as well as innovating bicycle components.\u00a0 Today, some of his patents are considered classic. Cinelli believed that frames needed to be stiffer and that the geometry was too relaxed on most of the models of the era. He designed a fork crown with sloping shoulders and internal lugs. This allowed for shorter blades and resulted in a fork that was stiffer. Cinelli also redesigned the seat collar, placing the seatstays behind the lug rather than alongside it.<\/p>\n

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\nCinelli has led the evolution of professional cycling and defined the ideal of the classic bicycle. (source: CINELLI: THE ART AND DESIGN OF THE BICYCLE)
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The innovations that he brought to cycling are numerous. They include the first aluminium handlebars accepted by the pros, the first plastic saddle, the Unicantor, designed in 1962, which provided a template for most modern saddles, and the first clipless pedal known as the M71 released in 1971.<\/p>\n

Cinelli also put his trademark touch on hub design with the introduction of the Bivalent q\/r hubs. This design left the freewheel in the rear of the frame so the wheel could be used in the front or rear. The idea was ahead of its time and the price was twice that of a Campagnolo hub.\u00a0 He is also the designer behind the Laser bicycle, one of the first aero \u201cfunny\u201d bikes. This model was instrumental in winning many national and global trophies.<\/p>\n

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\nBike porn. Nice and rare Cinelli Super Corsa bicycle from 80s. The frame and fork are made of very light and durable Columbus steel tubes. (source: CINELLI: THE ART AND DESIGN OF THE BICYCLE)
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Ole Ritter used a Cinelli to set the one-hour record in 1968. This model used longer cranks and Campagnolo hubs that were 2 cm narrower than conventional hubs. It also ran on special tubulars made exclusively for this record attempt. In addition, the bike featured a special fork with wing-shaped blades for lower wind resistance.\u00a0 Cinelli\u2019s modifications and improvements won him the admiration and love of generations of racers and design connoisseurs despite his pricing which was never in the low end.<\/p>\n

Cinelli retired in 1978 but his company carries on and its name commands respect across the cycling community all over the world. Speaking of which, a piece of very good news has been recently received. A book describing the world of the \u201cCinelli cult\u201d has been finally published. Titled The Art and Design of the Bicycle, the book offers to take you on a trip to the magical world of Cino Cinelli.<\/p>\n

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\nCover book Cinelli: The art and design of the bicycle. A beautiful book celebrating the exploits of an international brand. (source: CINELLI: THE ART AND DESIGN OF THE BICYCLE)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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