Cinelli was founded in 1947 by Cino Cinelli, a former professional racer, winner of the Milan-Sanremo in 1943. Although not an engineer, Cino was an obstinate perfectionist and in just 20 years his company became a leader in the production of handlebars and racing stems. Cino invented the first saddle with a plastic hull, the Unicanitor, and built the legendary Supercorsa frame, a true cult object of the period (still produced today).
In 1979 Cino sold his business to the young industrialist Antonio Colombo and former president of the Columbus bicycle tubing manufacturer. In Cinelli products, Colombo saw the technical perfection of the most efficient and elegant means of transport ever created. His goal became to communicate this utopian perfection to the general public. Design is his tool. Over the next 30 years, Colombo made Cinelli products contemporary, courageous and playful, combining competition, design and lifestyle for the first time in history, developing innovative products such as the Rampichino, the first European mountain bike, the unforgettable Laser family, Alter, Integralter, Grammo, Passatore, and many others.
By merging Design and Performance, in the second half of the 2000s Cinelli gave way, thanks to the fixed gear, to the movement of the New Cycling, which is based on creative, nonconformist and counter-current values. All values well present in the DNA of Antonio Colombo and Cinelli