Friday, 17 July 2009

Cinelli Pinocchio? [bikes]

Just got a lovely Cinelli stem from BLB - it was the last one there, used but worth only 10 quid. They said it came back from the 1980s, and during the time, only little were produced. I dont know exactly whether there are more colours available but an anodised stem with an innovative design coming back from the 80s would be pure genius and most likely expensive back then! Polished it up to reveal its true vintage colours.. - which really reminds me of the Indonesian flag and that's another strong reason why i bought it! Then took pics:

RF170219 by you.

RF170221 by you.

RF170223 by you.

Its a lovely stem isnt it? looks sharp and futuristic! have to say that this was definitely a good buy not only for the stem but also what happened today.. This could be a reminder of the Ritz Carlton & Mariott Hotel bombing which happened at about 8.30am..

But then again, i'd rather not be reminded to that... Back to the topic: So what im really curious of now is.. Brick Lane Bikes said that the stem is a Cinelli Pinocchio. but then i did a brief image search on google and found a quill stem. It may be the vintage version? maybe not? or maybe the older version of Cinelli Alter??

Update: (4 Aug 09.)
After scrobbling through ebay looking for cinelli stems available for the UK. I found this..

Cinelli SESAMO..

and like how Cinelli always does it, they come in all different colours

http://www.cinelli.it/memorabilia/big/002.jpg