WaveyGravey

Very impressive!!!

Robvolz 

Love your handle!!

Not many are aware of his involvement as the MC of Woodstock. He lived in Eugene for a while.

romperrr 

Nicely, nicely done.

bikingshearer 

Wavy Gravy's house is about two-and-a-half blocks from where I live in Berkeley. I assume he still lives there (I've never met or seen him in person), but it's a big ol' place with several stories, and he's 87, so he may be elsewhere.

BTW, according to that font of all knowledge, Wikipedia, his given name is Hugh Nanton Romney, Jr. (no relation to Mitt, I'm guessing).

Now back to our regularly scheduled programing . . .

Nice bike. I'm glad it is going to be a rider; I know I like to play with my toys. Given that, I suggest giving it a small scratch in some relatively out-of-the-way place, just to get the inevitable out of the way.

When I got my 1986 De Rosa (traded for my first mid-1960s Cinelli), I took it to my go-to C&V savvy shop owner/friend (since retired) to chase the threads, make sure all was faced properly, check alignment, etc. He told me it was pretty straight . . . for an Italian frame. He was smiling when he said it, but he wasn't kidding.

Oh, and are those tires left over from Cino?

WaveyGravey

His real name was Hugh Romney. Do you know who gave him the name Wavy Gravy?

Piff 

Gorgeous work on the *levers, Rob!

Thatgoal26

Lovely bike

Chombi1 

Interesting that some top tier bike makers like De Rosa, did not join in on the chrome bandwagon like so many of the manufacturers did in the 70's through the first half of the 80's. Same goes for Masi. Was there a reason for this resistance like worries about internal corrosion problems? The same went for many American builders. I think it actually affected their popularity with the general cycling public, as lots of cyclists like the added "bling" on their bikes.

repechage

Chombi1 - chrome on the fork crown was a long time aspect on many Italian bikes but yes, not much elsewhere save the Cinelli counter example.

Chrome is expensive and really a bit tricky.
rear triangle chrome went away, then a full chromed chainstay was a bit popular - note that the chrome on many Italian race bikes was not well done- it was a flash of nickel then a flash of chrome. Many did not last long. Any plater who will listen will not like the derailleur cable stop. Too easy to snag on the buffing wheel.

trying to get a plater in the USA to partially dip a frame is really tough. Too many people needed to do something non standard.

smd4

The American importer of Cinelli bikes carried a newer Cinelli called the Advantage Pro, based on the Supercorsa, but cheaper and with no chrome. That experiment lasted a year, after which it wouldn’t even be stocked here.

I’m happy that the chrome on mine is thick, immaculate and mirror-like.

mikeoverly

Booze. Badgers. De Rosas. Demento. An EPIC build thread, and beautiful work!

Robvolz 

Yesterday was a rare sunny day

sweetie and I rode to happy hour

bikingshearer 

Some questions:
(1) Does she like her Cinelli?
(2) What tires (brand/model/size) ultimately went on it? (I'm guessing 32mm, btw.)
and
(3) What rear brake cable hanger did you end up using?

Robvolz 

Oh boy
she loves it now

dont know if you saw the post where she spilled.

passella 32s

stock brake hangers. That was never an issue

funny, I ordered different levers, now she is used to the hoods

repechage

artful dodging of the brake levers you did exchange to, they are not aero, and that is all that can be determined.
‘plenty of questions on what to do, very little confirmation on what worked.
other than a black brake pad on the Universals.

Robvolz 

I dismantled the brakes, polished the heck out of them. Lubed everything and now they are finger sensitive.

I still would like to find shorter levers

until then, she has 10 miles on it and has acclimated

1970bikes

Needs a pair of these on it.
Rather rare I gather.