Cinelli is offering a modern retake on its classic Laser for 2012 but get in line quickly and bring lots of cash.James Huang/BikeRadar.com
Head tube shaping on the Cinelli Laser Nostro is a near carbon copy of the original.James Huang/BikeRadar.com
Check out the super short chain stays and offset, profiled seat tube on the Cinelli Laser Nostro.James Huang/BikeRadar.com
Cinelli fits the Laser Nostro with fillet brazed joints and a fastback-style seatpost binder.James Huang/BikeRadar.com
Cinellli’s Laser Nostro may boast a throwback look but the Columbus Spirit tubing is thoroughly modern.James Huang/BikeRadar.com
The Cinelli Laser Nostro fork will feature a slick box-type crown reinterpreted for the modern age.James Huang/BikeRadar.com
Cinelli showed the Laser Nostro with this more modern cockpit.James Huang/BikeRadar.com
While it’s often difficult to make a performance argument for integrated road cockpits, the added surface area certainly does lend lots of room for flashy graphics.James Huang/BikeRadar.com
The Ram 3’s semi-anatomic bend should help alleviate the lack of angle adjustment.James Huang/BikeRadar.com
The internal cable routing is integrated into the new built-in computer mount on Cinelli’s Ram 3.James Huang/BikeRadar.com
Cinelli’s new Ram 3 integrated road cockpit sports a revised shape relative to earlier versions, including smaller tops and a more progressive bend in the drops.James Huang/BikeRadar.com
Cinelli’s hyper-anatomic Neo Morphe bar sports specific shaping for just about any position.James Huang/BikeRadar.com
Been desperately looking for a replacement for your old Cinelli 64 or 65-bend bars even since that nasty crash? Well, you can quit searching eBay now.James Huang/BikeRadar.com
Cinelli isn’t just capitalizing on the retro theme for the Laser Nostro – the company has also brought back the 1A stem.James Huang/BikeRadar.com
Cinelli’s new Gazzetta della Strada is designed as a sort of do-it-all bike, from touring to racing to randonneur and everything in between.James Huang/BikeRadar.com
Cinelli’s expansive collection of handlebar tape includes new variants of its venerable cork ribbon as well as more luxurious options like real leather.James Huang/BikeRadar.com
Cinelli’s top aero offering for 2012 is the WYSIWYG.James Huang/BikeRadar.com
It’s the return of the Cinelli Unicanitor!James Huang/BikeRadar.com
One of the most outrageous machines at this year’s Eurobike show wasn’t some hyper-aero time trial bike, ultralight German carbon creation, or the latest whiz-bang full-suspension machine but rather a redux of one of the most iconic bikes in road cycling – the Cinelli Laser – to go along with the company’s other new offerings for the season.
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Impressively, Cinelli will not only recreate the look of those original Lasers with their characteristic shaped head tubes and bottom bracket areas and fillet brazed construction but the company will even reassemble the team of people responsible for the original series: designer Antonio Colombo, builder Andrea Pesenti (meaning yes, they’ll be hand built in Italy), and engineer Paolo Erzegovesi along with a few other “new faces” to help get things done.
Cinelli will update the materials with the recreated version, however, with a Columbus Spirit tubeset boasting tube walls as thin as 0.38mm. Unlike the original, the new version will also use a threadless headset and the old box-type fork crown will be a more sculpted form this time around. One thing that will absolutely remain constant, however, is that classic light metallic blue paint.
Cinelli showed the laser nostro with this more modern cockpit.: cinelli showed the laser nostro with this more modern cockpit.James Huang/BikeRadar.com
A more modern cockpit for the Cinelli Laser
Interested buyers will have to come to the table promptly and with lots of cash in hand, though. Cinelli will make just 21 replicas – of which nearly all were already spoken for at Eurobike – and the asking price is a substantial €7,500 for just the frame and fork.
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Cinelli will offer the Laser Nostra frame kit in 13 sizes from 49-61cm, all with 120mm rear hub spacing and English-threaded bottom bracket shells. Custom sizing will be available, too.
