ElaineB wrote:For those worrying about the 130mm OLN on the Cinelli hobootleg, you may be interested to know the bike took part in the 2013 Tour d’Afrique. Check it out, google ’ Cinelli Hobootleg Tour d’ Afrique 2013’, the video at the bottom is very entertaining, but the bike is one tough cookie, they certainly weren’t worried by 5mm!
Imagine what it might have been capable with if it had 135OLN Elaine
Being serious for a moment, the video of the African jaunt shows a bike which is made of a very different steel to the tourer. 'Life" is thin-walled Niobium alloy (whatever that is), and often used in race bikes typically, whereas the off the peg bike uses 'Cromor', which is Cromoly, thicker walled steel, more suitable for loaded touring.
It's all about doing some due diligence on what one's buying, which is readily available, if one looks*.
Maybe they do know what they're doing?
*although there's an inconsistency in Cinelli's product description, if one looks closely