Kinda odd attempt at Cinelli to cash in on the popularity of mountain bikes. These were built by Fisher and used a couple of Cinello logo parts such as the seat, bars and stem. Interesting circuit board seat tube graphics.
My first shop job was at a place that was a Fisher dealer and sold a bunch of the Cinelli branded mtb's. The owner had a Cinelli "The Machine", all flat black, full Campy OR Record. Nice bike.
Around 1992 when the Fisher company fell on the hard times that eventually led to the gentle embrace of Trek, a lot of stuff was moving out the back door for cash while the liquidators were coming in the front. Among those items was this Cinelli MTB which now lives in a friend's garage a few blocks from my house.
It's good that Cinelli had the wisdom to leave the design and manufacturing of something that was well beyond their scope to experts.
In the early eighties, I was among the believers who waited for the likes of Campagnolo, Cinelli, De Rosa, and Pinarello to bring some of their imagination and style to the mountain bike table, with the only memorable results being a few show bikes and some Record OR components that were clearly designed by people that were too proud to accept the assistance of the Americans who had offered it because they just wanted to be able to put Campagnolo parts on high-end mountain bikes. For the whole story of their Campagnolo pilgrimage, ask Jim Merz or Mike Sinyard.
If Campy had come out with Record OR first and then developed it from there, it could have had viable parts. When they started with Euclid, it was a long journey to get to a competitive level!
I've got a customer with one of those flat black, columbus tubed Next Machines. Quite a stunning bike, repleat with the full Record OR gruppo. I've posted pictures of it in the past.
Required Disclaimer: I'm the US Singular Guy - Bike Seller
Wanted: 180mm Isis Race Face Turbines. Got some?
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