Pez Bookshelf: The Cinelli Laser Project
03/31/2025 10:00 AM
The bicycle, or individual elements of it, have been seen as objects of beauty by artists including Picasso, Duchamps, Mucha and even Canada’s own Greg Curnoe. That a machine that appears to be so light and fragile is capable of such speed and graceful movement is a source of wonder. In our modern era few people have made the link between art and the bicycle with such consequences as Antonio Colombo of Columbus tubing fame. Add the aesthetics to superb craftsmanship, impressive engineering and ground-breaking innovation and the result was the iconic Cinelli Laser bicycle. The Cinelli Laser Project celebrates what was a multifaceted undertaking. The book was originally only available as a limited-edition hardback that sold out its 300 copies almost immediately but the book can now be purchased in a softbound open edition.Andrea Bonfanti is the moving force behind the publishing house Corsa Classic, which is dedicated to cycling history and whose books and maps we have reviewed here. In addition, Corsa Classic is a sponsor of l’Eroica Japan. With respect to the new book, Signore Bonfanti notes: The Cinelli Laser is not just a bicycle, its a work of art, an engineering marvel, and a symbol of design innovation. This book is a tribute to the bicycle that changed the way we think about cycling, blending form and function in a way that had never been seen before.In 1978 Antonio Colombo, owner of the long-established Colombus steel tubing company, purchased bicycle maker Cinelli and set about an...
