Velospace Super Users

If you haven't heard of velospace, its a popular social networking site for bicycle (mostly fixed-gear) enthusiasts (your bikes myspace page). Velospace should not be confused with FixedGearGallery or Crappy old 10 speed gallery. The difference between them is somewhat significant and usually boils down to build quality.

Most fixedgeargallery submissions look something like this:

Whereas velospace is a place where you see bikes like this


Anyways, I thought I'd make a list of my favorite velospace users, dudes who have huge collections of wild bikes.

Ceya, a dude from NYC with a lot of track bikes with huge saddle-handlebar drop. I remember there being more bikes on his page at one point but velospace servers are notoriously bad at keeping/organizing/storing photos.

Ceya's Gianni Motta:


Hrrundel, a guy with more C-record equipped track bikes than an Italian velodrome in the 80's.
Some of Hrrundels bikes:





campafreak, a serious collector specializing in East German bikes from the 80's; campafreak.com
Some of campafreak's bikes:





kdh747, a guy from Japan with some crazy bikes; owner of PedalMafia.
Pretty much defines Tokyo tarckx bike style






dustin, a guy who owns a used camera store and tarcks out lots of old pursuit & time trial frames. Also, the owner of a gold plated Cinelli.
Some of Dustin's bikes:





Insomnia, another serious collector, specializing in late 80's/early 90's time trial bikes.
Some of Insomnia's bikes:





Finally, as an added bonus for making it this far, The failest BMC evar

Cinelli Colorado!?

These are some sweet-ass bars, I might just have to buy them. Mountains engraved on the stem, Colorado on the bars, and blue anodization(?).

Probably inspired by the fact that Colorado hosted some kick ass races in the 80's including the 1986 World Championships and the Coors Classic.

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.

Custom RnRFR Cinelli Vigorelli

These guys have been getting all sorts of shit lately.
Custom Cinellis? Baller




Kind of like these better than the new green MASH frames.
More pics here

Cinelli Laser Pistas

Someone just uploaded a pretty pair of Cinelli Laser Pistas on velospace. Nice

Cinelli Zebra Stripe Toe Clips

Spotted these unusual zebra striped Cinelli toe clips up on eBay the other day. Pretty low starting bid considering some people pay $65 for new ones without stripes.

The same seller also has some C-record triple bearing pedals up for grabs. I'd be all over this setup for my Mercian if I wasn't already running C-record 1st gen pedals/clips.

Cinelli Memorabilia

The Cinelli archives are full of Cinelli innovations that cycling has forgotten about. Most of this stuff has probably been forgotten for a reason.


2000. Integralter
"Integrated handlebar which increases the grip zone for the hands, more rigid and lighter overall."


1998. Sesamo
"The first full-opening stem in history. We had fun changing colours and giving it Titanium bolts."


1999. Alter
"Alter, other, alien. Cnc, with reticular complex structure, colourful or mono."


1985. Rampichino
"The first Italian mountain bike. Rampichino is the name of a small birds which “climbs” (in Italian ar-rampica) the branches of the trees. The name Rampichino becomes a neologism in the Italian language, synonymous of mountain bike for a long time. Gary Fisher was the first distributor of Italian MTB in the US and we organised the first MTB competition in Italy too."
(not sure if this looks better or worse than this Colnago MTB)


1989. Passatore
"Talking about hybric bikes today is no novelty. However in 1989, when we presented Passatore many wondered if Cinelli had gone crazy. Racing handlebar, MTB frame with slope geometry, 28” wheels, light tyres, 21 gears with levers on the handlebar: road bike or MTB?"


1996. Spinaci
"Everything and more has been said about these short extensions for handlebars. From their introduction on the Chiappucci bicycle to the Giro in 1994, more than 800000 pcs were sold."


1971. M71 pedal
"The first quick release pedal in history was patented by Cino Cinelli"


1995. Quo Vadis?
"The trekking bike which didn’t exist. Here’s another Cinelli vision, precursor of a trend which is still topical."


1999. Grippo
"The first vibra-absorb for handlebars."
(Yeah right, more like the first hold fast knockoff)


2001. CNC lug for Starship frame
"An authentic innovation which distinguishes Cinelli"
("Shit! What are we gonna do with all these extra stems?" "I don't know, lets try and make lugs out of them.")


1986. Aerolite
The rigid areodynamic helmet, a poli-carbon cap with a drop shape which became a characteristic of many modern helmets. From Hinault to Umaras, a must.

Anni 80. Danish helmet
The multi-colour stripe, today still sought after by many Cinelli collectors. It was the favourite of (almost) all professionists.



1993. Grammo and the Titamium box-type
The Grammo stem represents the best union between technology and design. A box-type stem in Titanium alloy, welded in pressure chamber with an unique design. A new family is born: for family, triathlon, ahead.
(check out that sick colored one on eBay)


1980. Laser
"With the name Laser we’ve opened a road of numerous technical solutions which are now public property. We recall the first TIG welding on bicycle frames (1979), the first Chromium Molybdenum steel BB shell, thin as paper, the first frames with advanced BB (1982), the first monocoque in composite material (1984), the first road full suspended (1985). In 1991 it wins the Compasso d’Oro, 28 gold medals at the Olympics and Worldchampionships. Laser is exhibited at the Contemporary Art Museum in Chicago."
(We've written about these before.)