35th Anniversary Colnago with 50th Anniversary Campagnolo Super Record

One of these is hanging up in Vecchio's, but with Colnago Carbon 5-spoke wheels and 35th Anniversary Colnago-C-Record Group.
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Carbon Fiber Craziness

A Cinetica frame popped up on eBay





Hello. Here is one of the rarest racing frames ever produced. The Cinetica "Giotto". This is a true carbon fiber monocoque built racing frame. Hand made in Italy with the expertise and cooperation of 3 world class companies:

Cinelli

Campagnolo

Ferarri

This is the frame that started it all. The Italians had carbon fiber perfected way before any other company, so...here is the frame history:

In the 1980's Andrea Cinelli who hails from the Cinelli name decided to manufacture the ultimate racing frame. Along with Ferrari and Campagnolo the design was perfected and production went into effect. Sadly, only several dozen were ever made. It was just too expensive to manufacture, in 1991 these frames sold for $3500. All the Cinetica frames used Campagnolo dropouts stamped: Cinetica. As for the paint, that was provided by Ferrari along with its carbon expertise.

You will not find much info on the internet about Cinetica, it was way WAY ahead of its time. One claim to fame for this frame is the fact that it was used as a prop in 1991 in Terminator 2, Judgement Day, 1991 starring Arnold Schwarzenegger...look it up see for yourself.

Why is this frame so rare, it started it all...while everybody was messing with aluminum, Andrea Cinelli had a vision to use carbon fiber. To the best of my knowledge, I know of only 4 of these frames on the planet as of this day. In the late 1980's there were a few companies who exprimented w/ carbon ...won't mention names...why ruffle feathers, the end result was failure. Cinetica was 20 years ahead of its time.

NJS Ridiculousness

Used keirin frames can sell for top dollar on eBay and the internet at large. At least if they're in good condition, that is no rust, no dings, no dents, no stripped threads, no bent forks, the frame is aligned, decent paint, etc. NJS Export prices a "near mint" frame at around $1800

and a fucked up frame for about $300.


So I was dismayed when I saw this super fucked up Nagasawa on eBay with a current bid of $540. The head tube looks like its about to fall off and the top tube looks like someone took an axe to it.


The sellers description:
here is your chance to win a used classic NJS stamped keirin nagasawa track frame, it's been used on Japanese track race in the 80s-90s. everything still in good conditions. just a slightly toptube dent it can be covered with top tube protector. run smooth and fast.

*original hatta headset, fork and bb are included.

size:
seattube: 54cm
toptube: 55cm
downtube: 60cm
drop out: 120

Condition:
few there and here paint chips, a track race toptube dent. over all in good condition

Sketchy, but the seller calls himself "bootlegs" and has pretty bad feedback. You just have to feel bad for the idiot who is bidding that thing up.

Hella Rare Campy Pista Cranks

Thought I scored some pretty rare shit when I copped these 151bcd Nuovo Record Pista cranks awhile back. I was under the impression that besides Campy skip tooth cranksets and rare early parts, 151 NR Pista were among the rarest.


Then I spotted these the other day, Campagnolo track cranks that are drilled to accept both 144 & 151bcd chainrings.

I'm guessing these were made when Campagnolo was switching over to 144bcd from 151 and were unsure of which standard would stick?
I thought those were pretty rare, and then I saw something I'd never even heard of in Prolly's Flickr.

Non-fluted Super Record Pista cranks with the Campy Shield on them. I guess these were sitting in some dark dungeon in the back Ben's Cycle and Prolly snapped a pic when he went to visit. Hot Damn.

More Campy NJS

In addition to having their C-record track group approved by NJS, it seems that Campagnolos frame parts, too can be found on some older NJS frames.

This Ohtaki, for instance, has Campagnolo fork and rear ends.


After further looking, I spotted this Uno on NJS export.


I'm not quite sure why the ends look different, maybe the builders shaped them differently. Either way, either of these frames would look super pimp with Campy/Cinelli NJS parts.

Colnago Mountain Bike?

Spotted this unusual/rare bike on eBay a few weeks back, a Colnago Master "Ibex."

You don't see the Italians messing with Mountain bikes, it was sort of an experimental market that they clearly lost to the Americans & Japanese. Kind of like Cinelli's experiment with BMX.

This bike is pretty amazing, you see elegant touches like this custom stem

Campagnolo 1060 dropouts

Colnago's own Arabesque style lugged seatpost collar.

Columbus-Gilco crimped tubing

Custom matching Selle-Colnago Saddle

Colnago Handlebars with Ernesto's Signature by the stem clamp

Only thing that seems off about this bike is the groupset, its Shimano. First thing I'd think of a Colnago mountain bike is that it'd be built with one of Campy's ultra-rare Mountain Bike gruppos, like Euclid, rather than Shimano XT.

Ernesto Colnago has been quoted as saying "I remember one time I was invited to a conference on production quality and quantity. There was a bunch of Japanese, and I told them they were only good at copying. One of them answered, 'Yes, that is true, but we copy to make better.' He introduced himself and it was Shimano himself! ... Today I use Shimano and Campagnolo on my bikes, 50 percent, according to the suitability. The average bike I have made in Taiwan, but I have that written on it, unlike a lot of others, and I use Shimano because it costs less."
Apparently no one thought it was worth the $2,200 that the seller was asking, it ended without a bid.

Auction Sniper

I recently tried the popular eBay auction bid sniper software "Auction Sniper."

If you're unfamiliar with the software, what it basically does is bid on eBay auctions for you at the last second of the auction in order to avoid bidding wars. Not only that, but if you're like me, you've missed an item because the auction ended at a really random time. I was at first a bit skeptical about how legit this was but Auction Sniper has a free trial period before you have to start paying so I decided to go ahead with it. It ended up being pretty easy and I was satisfied with the results.
1. Go to auctionsniper and enter your eBay account information, the site automatically imports your watch list.
2. Enter the item number of the item you're trying to win and then enter your maximum bid


3. Wait for the auction to end, and see if you won it. Auction Sniper bids so you dont have to!
Be sure to pay promptly to keep up your reputation as a good eBayer. Look what I won for $27.75...

A sicknasty snakeskin print Cinelli Volare SLX saddle! Similar to this baller saddle

Spam

I just put a grip of track and road bike stuff up on eBay. Check it out if you please.
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Hella Pimp Colnago Pursuit

made of super-sick gilco/columbus crimped tubing.
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Somec Pursuit

I love those cutouts and the tetris style decals. ebay

Update

The Mario Confente track bike I posted about yesterday ended for just under $8,000. If he had made the auction end at a better time (not midnight on a weeknight) I'm sure it would have broken 8k.

Mario Confente Track Bike on eBay right now

Mario Confente is considered by most to be the greatest framebuilder of all time. He only built 135 frames under his own name (built many more for Faliero Masi), only 11 of which were track. One has popped up on eBay and the current bid is around $3,000. I watched a Confente road end for about $8,000 a few months ago. If you ride a 63cm frame, drain your savings account and buy this bike! 12 more hours... eBay