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Max Ashton
a Recreational Rider
from Date Reviewed: March 20, 2010
Strengths: Ultra light weight frame and fork
Beautiful design
Climbing abilityWeaknesses: Paint chips easily
Thin wall tube could be easy to damage in a crash or if you're aheavy rider, although personally no problems so far.Bottom Line: Bought the Starlight frame on ebay France for €165 in perfect condition and have spent the last 2 years upgrading parts via ebay. Rides beautifully, especially in the mountains. Very light frame and forks comparable with full carbon frames and climbs fast with excellent power transfer due to the stiff. Quite stable on fast descents up to 65 kmh. The Columbus Muscle Carbon forks are a work of art and the Cinelli is comfortable to ride for several hours. Beautiful machine, a joy to ride and well suited to the lighter rider.
Favorite Ride: Massif des Bauges 3 cols tour
Price Paid:
$400.00
Purchased At: ebay
Similar Products Used: none
Bike Setup: Cinelli Starlight 51cm sloping (56cm)
Campag record 9v Ti, Record Carbon ergo shifters, Racing T Triple 52-40-30 175mm cranks, Keo Sprint pedals, Campag Vento Wheels with Schwalbe Ultremo Tyres, Deda Anatomic 215 bars, Ambrosio Venturi 80mm stem Easton Ec70 Carbon seat post, San Marco Caymano saddle
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CinelliMike
a Recreational Rider
from Thousand Oaks Ca USADate Reviewed: August 4, 2003
Strengths: Fast lite and stiff. Very cool gfxWeaknesses: Front end seems lite which gives the bike a twitchy feel.Bottom Line: After 3 years on a Serrota Atlanta (steel frame, Record 9speed) I decided to go alluminum. I looked at several framesets including Orbea and Eddie Mercx and test rode both bikes (Record 10speed groupsets). I also had the opportunity to ride the Cinelli. To be honest I enjoyed the Mercx the most but with equal groupings I paid over $1000.00 usd less for the Cinelli (Record 10speed, Campy Neurtron wheelset, Cinelli Solido OS bar and stem) and that as the deciding factor.
I've gone on two rides since buying the bike of 58mi and 65mi both with quite a lot of climbing. The bike is fast and very responsive. The frame is stiff (compared to my Serrota very stiff) but not more than the other bikes that I test rode. My only complaint would be the that the front end is very light which gives the bike a bit of a "twitchy" feel. It climbs fantastic but again the light feeling in the front has not given me a lot of confidence on the decents.
Overall I am enjoying the bike and at 16.5 lbs with pedals and cages it's lite. I hope that after I get more used to the handling that I can again decend with confidence I'll update this review in few more weeks.
Favorite Ride: Petraro/PCH/Mullholland, Rockstore to Decker Cyn
Price Paid:
$3100.00
Purchased At: Bicycle Johns
Similar Products Used: Orbea (starship tubing) and Eddie Mercx Team SC
Bike Setup: Cinelli Starlight Peal White 56 cm
Muscle Fork
Campagnolo Record Carbon 10 speed group
Campagnolo Record Pro-Fit ti pedals
Campagnolo Neutron wheelset
Cinelli Solido OS bar and stem
Thomson alluminum seat post
Selle Italia Flite gel saddle White
Conti Attack/Force tires
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Cootha
a Recreational Rider
from Brisbane Queensland AustraliaDate Reviewed: February 8, 2003
Strengths: Acceleration and responsiveness!Great in the Hills. Incredibly light frame!Weaknesses: Wouldn't recomend this frame to heavy riders on heavily pot-holed roads!Encourages you to remain at a good weight!!Bottom Line: Love to ride this bike in the hills. Found it so responsive! Dissapointed however to find a crack around the drop out on the drive side. This area has many cut outs to save weight and the crack appeared on the bottom cut out.I was positive that I hadn't hit anything to major on the road! I weigh 70 kg (you do the conversion!)To Cinelli's credit a new frame came up from Sydney the next week! Hope it was a one off!
Favorite Ride: Brisbane to Noosa
Price Paid:
$5500.00
Purchased At: RiverCity Cycles
Bike Setup: Shimano Durace group set, ksyrium scc wheelset, Flite titanium saddle,full carbon steerer - Muscle forks, Look 247 peddles, Thompson lay back seatpost, cordless flight deck, Conti tyres, Cinelli Solido stem
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