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-Cino Cinelli founded Cinelli & C.S.r.l.((Cinelli & Compagnia Societa a responsabilita limitata)) in 1944, after a successful road racing career cut short only by WWII, to resell components made by his brother Giotto Cinelli.  Cinelli & C. started to sell their own bikes in 1947 and merged with Giotto's company of Milan in 1948, which is often stated at the proper start date for Cinelli.
+Cino Cinelli founded Cinelli & C.S.r.l.((Cinelli & Compagnia Societa a responsabilita limitata)) in 1944, after a successful road racing career cut short only by WWII, to resell components made by his brother Giotto Cinelli.  Cinelli & C. started to sell Cinelli branded bikes in 1947 and merged with Giotto's company of Milan in 1948, which is often stated at the proper start date for Cinelli.
-In 1978 Cino Cinelli sold his company to Antonio Colombo, maker of Columbus tubes.  At this point Cinelli was selling over 150,000 bars and stems per year and yet less than 700 frames a year.  In 1985, under Antonio's direction, Cinelli introduced the Rampichino mountain bike, which is listed in many sources as being the first European mountain bike((Yet, in Italy, [[bianchi:start|Bianchi]] of Milan sold imported MTBs starting in 1983 and [[rossin:start|Rossin]] sold Italian made MTBs in 1983/4 - while many, if not most, European large bike makers were making MTBs starting as eary as 1981.)).  Cinelli went all in on MTBs and a possible [[https://issuu.com/cinelli.vintage/docs/cinelli_1986_yellow|1986 Cinelli catalog]] has //seventeen// MTBs listed in the first half (with components not available until 1987) and then, in the next half, another //eight// MTBs (with components not available until 1990.)  This "catalog" is likely a survey of multiple catalogs and its dating will be ignored.  According to the catalog, the MTB models available were: Rampichino, The Absolute Machine, The Machine, Ottomilainsu'((The catalogs spells Ottomilainsu' with a trailing apostrophe.  It also sometimes appears as
+In 1978 Cino Cinelli sold his company to Antonio Colombo, maker of Columbus tubes.  At this point Cinelli was selling over 150,000 bars and stems per year and yet less than 700 frames a year.  In 1985, under Antonio's direction, Cinelli introduced the Rampichino mountain bike, which is listed in many sources as being the first European mountain bike((Yet, in Italy, [[bianchi:start|Bianchi]] of Milan sold imported MTBs starting in 1983 and [[rossin:start|Rossin]] sold Italian made MTBs in 1983/4 - while many, if not most, European large bike makers were making MTBs by this time; some as early as 1981.)).  Cinelli went all in on MTB manufacturing and a possible [[https://issuu.com/cinelli.vintage/docs/cinelli_1986_yellow|1986 Cinelli catalog]] has //seventeen// MTBs listed in the first half of the catalog (with components not available until 1987) and then, in the next half, another //eight// MTBs (with components not available until 1990.)  This "catalog" is likely a survey of multiple catalogs and its dating will be ignored.  According to the catalog, the MTB models available were: Rampichino, The Absolute Machine, The Machine, Ottomilainsu'((The catalogs spells Ottomilainsu' with a trailing apostrophe.  It also sometimes appears as
 Ottomilainsù in Italian.)) , Argento Vivo, Orizzonte, Tuttifruti, Sentiero Bicolor, Sentiero Salamandra, Sentiero Optical, Mimetika, Ottomilauno, Rampichino Vertical & Rampichino Country.
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-Mountain bike, date of birth: California 1978 and Italy 1985
+Mountain bike, date of birth: California 1978 and Italy 1985.
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 Invented in San Francisco by Gary Fisher, and reinvented in Milan by Antonio Colombo for Cinelli.
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-Despite being a very popular component manufacturer, not a //single// complete Cinelli catalog exists online with mountain bikes, so that dating will be based upon the usual trust and assumptions that the installed components are original.
+Despite being a very popular component manufacturer, only a //single// complete Cinelli catalog exists online with mountain bikes, so that dating will be based upon the usual trust and assumptions that the installed components are original.
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-Most Cinellis are built in Milan but a few early 90's Cinellis were built and imported from Taiwan by the Gary Fisher brand while it was owned by Anlen of Taiwan.  Gary Fisher distributed Cinelli MTBs in the US at this time.
+Most Cinellis were built in Milan but a few early 90's Cinellis were built and imported from Taiwan by the Gary Fisher brand while it was owned by Anlen of Taiwan.  Gary Fisher distributed Cinelli MTBs in the US at this time.
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 ===== 1985 Rampichino Airone =====
-Rampichino is Italian for the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-toed_treecreeper|Short-toed tree-creeper]], a small common bird.  Airone is Italian for Heron and is an Italian [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airone|nature magazine]] which exclusively offered Cinelli Rampichinos to its readers in 1985.
+Rampichino is Italian for the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-toed_treecreeper|Short-toed tree-creeper]], a small, common European bird.  Airone is Italian for Heron and is an Italian [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airone|nature magazine]] which exclusively offered Cinelli Rampichinos to its readers in 1985.
 Shimano XT M700 v1 component group (1982-84), non-original Biopace 600-EX FC-6206 cranks (1984-87), Tommaselli levers, butted and lugged Columbus tubing.
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 ===== 1986 Rampchino =====
-Cinelli, bicicletta Rampichino by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Mendini|Alessandro Mendini]], 1986.
+Cinelli, bicicletta Rampichino painted by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Mendini|Alessandro Mendini]], 1986.
 Cinelli often partnered with prominent artists to join sport, art & design.
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+===== 1994 Argentovivo =====
+Shimano Deore LX (RD-M560) (1993+ thus), Rock Shox,
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+{{1994.jpg?300|1994 Argentovivo }}
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+Argentovivo
+[[https://mountainbikemuseum.nl/en/mountainbikes/cinelli-argentovivo-297| mountainbikemuseum.nl]]
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