‘Today thanks to the rebirth of steel and people like yourselves, a dream is about to be realised: the Cinelli Laser will return. Not just as a museum display, but as a track machine; rigid and lively, more so even than its predecessor 20 years ago. All the original protagonists are ready and motivated; Andrea Pesenti who built 300 throughout the 1980’s, myself Antonio Colombo who thought them up, Paolo Erzegovesi who engineered them, and Emilvano Montorio who pulled out the tubes. New in the band will be Alessandra Cusatelli, my partner, and Cinelli design co-ordinator of the last 10 years. As always, it will only be available in limited editions. The kids are alright!”
True, but who cares- it looks awesome! Perhaps they could be constructed using a fillet brazing method, but the fillets would need to be hollow for weight reduction.
i’m talking about the massive gussets. they’re a steel frame right?
what i’m saying is, surely any aero advantage from the gussets would be more than off set by the additional weight of them?
or was it all about style over substance back then too?
Those gussets are bog, not steel. Perkins has done them in bog (mostly) and carbon fibre (at least 1 new bike). Other old weirdo bikes have sheet metal gussets.
This was early aero, not much was understood. Fact is, you get much more aerodynamic advantage from rider positioning than the shaped tubes, Dura Ace AX cable routing, shifter placement, stem face etc.
