{"id":1853,"date":"2020-05-16T21:29:35","date_gmt":"2020-05-16T21:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vintagefiets.be\/?p=1853"},"modified":"2023-07-25T11:03:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T11:03:43","slug":"cinelli-laser-het-icoon-van-cinelli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagefiets.be\/en\/cinelli-laser-het-icoon-van-cinelli\/","title":{"rendered":"Cinelli Laser - the icon of Cinelli"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cinelli Laser, together with the Supercorsa, is the most legendary racing bike Cinelli has ever produced and is still custom made, however in carbon. The name of this carbon version is Laser Mia.<\/p>\n

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The Cinelli Laser time trial bicycle in Columbus steel from the 1980s<\/p><\/div>\n

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The first Cinelli Laser was created in 1981 from a sketch by Antonio Colombo and inspired by the first French aerodynamic bikes that Antonio had seen at a fair in Japan. The complex construction of the frame was made possible by the collaboration between Cinelli and Columbus, the most famous steeltube manufacturer, which was taken over by Colombo 2 years earlier.<\/p>\n

For the first prototype, pieces of the chassis of a Fiat cinquecento were used to fill in the corners that give the Laser aero aspect. Colombo and his team were looking for a thin but sturdy steel plate.<\/p>\n

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The first Cinelli Laser Strada from 1981<\/p><\/div>\n

It was not until the end of 1982, when four Laser frames were commissioned by Cinelli for the Italian Junior National Team, the success story of the Laser that became a real icon in the 80s and 90s began thanks to a full team (formed by the frame builder Andrea Pesenti, the Columbus engineer Paolo Erzegovesi, Antonio Colombo and other collaborators).<\/p>\n

The innovative use of TIG welds (until then unknown in the racing bike industry), along with the use of reinforcements welded to the frame junctions (lugs), made the Laser more aerodynamic and also allowed for radical repositioning of the bracket.<\/p>\n

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position bottom bracket Laser relative to a traditional racing bicycle (red dotted line)<\/p><\/div>\n

The repositioning of the bracket also allowed Cinelli to create a significantly stiffer and shorter frame, with obvious benefits including shortening the train in a team time trial. This production innovation strongly anticipated one of the most important features of modern carbon bikes and remains the basis of the Laser Mia design today.<\/p>\n

Below an advertisement from the 80s for the Cinelli Laser<\/p>\n

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Caption please?! #cinellilaser #eighties #tbt<\/a><\/p>\n

Een bericht gedeeld door Cinelli<\/a> (@cinelli_official) op