Hobo

Almost thirty years after introducing the Rampichino (mountain bike) in Italy in 1985, Cinelli is shortly unveiling the Hobo. The Hobo is designed for adventure cycling, on and off road. The concept behind the name is: "The “Hobo” refers to the homonymous culture grown in America early twentieth century, based on the voluntary adoption of an adventuring and wandering lifestyle devoted to simplicity, soul searching, honesty, and respect for man and nature."

Three Hobo prototypes were ridden in the Tour d’Afrique 2013. The three month tour left Cairo on January 11th and arrived at the finish in Capetown on May 11th. Details of the final production Hobo have not been announced yet other than we know that the frame will be using Columbus Life tubes and will be TIG welded.

Read on the tour website: "It’s a tough beast and has handled itself very well on some of the toughest roads. With a steel Columbus frame and laid back geometry it absorbs a lot of the impacts of the roughest roads instead of your derriere. It’s also light and sleek enough to cruise on the many paved stretches of the Tour. It doesn’t look to bad either – it is Italian after all."

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Golden Black

Cinelli description of Golden Black model. Click on images to enlarge.

Other Golden Black in CINELLI ONLY here and here. 

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Grammo Seatpost

First Cinelli "Grammo" seatpost I've seen, thanks to a reader.

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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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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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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.

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Mike Sinyard's Cinelli

This Cinelli is the personal bicycle of Mike Sinyard, founder and chairman of Specialized. It hangs in the Specialized museum at company headquarters in Morgan Hill, California. Sinyard sold Cinelli frames and components in the 1970s.

Photo, used by permission, by Jim Merz. Jim Merz, framebuilder of Merz Mfg (1970s to 1982) in Portland, Oregon, maintains a Facebook page here.

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