Cinelli MASH Parallax
This is by far the favourite bike I own. This is the bike I ride the most often. I climbed (and descended) the Mont Ventoux three times with it. (Learn more about those events here: 1st time - 2nd time & 3rd time). It has been improved little by little over the years. I wanted the wheels and all the components to match the era, and avoid any inconsistencies between the parts.
Bike check:
(Updated in October 2024)Frame:
2015 Cinelli MASH Parallax - Ten years anniversary edition number 88 of 100.
Columbus Airplane aluminium tubing.
Wheels:
ZIPP 404 Firecrest clincher rims.
Mack superlight low flange pink hubs.
Sapim CX-Ray 16/20 bladed spokes.
Drivetrain:
Rotor 3D track crankset.
Rotor 51t chainring (or Sugino Zen 51t silver chainring / Ridea 47t chainring).
Izumi Super Toughness chain.
16t cog.
Shimano SPD pedals.
Components:
Thomson: Masterpiece seat post, seat clamp, X2 -17° stem, bar tape, Trail C carbon risers or carbon road handlebars.
San Marco x MASH limited edition Concor saddle.
Columbus headset with MASH top cap and MASH camera headset spacers.
Oil slick bolts everywhere.
Context about the paintjob:
“All designs of MASH Ten Year Anniversary products are based on ‘X’, the Roman numeral for Ten: ‘X’ is comprised of the intersection of two lines or, can be seen as two angles in tangency. This rationale serves as the basis of the vanishing point(s) in linear perspective —the means for representing three-dimensional objects and space on a two-dimensional surface.
The design elements and visual language of all #MASHtenyear products–from premiere flyer to the frameset you see here–are derived from plotting equidistant points along the periphery of the MASH logotype, and then tracing these points back to a vanishing point.
Scaling the ‘wireframe’ derived from this exercise, and varying the distance of the vanishing point and placement of the logotype above and below the horizon line yields myriad permutations of this visual language.”
- Garrett Chow, designer.
2023 update:
Cracked frame… This bike has seen lots of roads and pavement through the years.
Unfortunately, it was too much stress for the tubes that slowly cracked just above the bottom bracket shell, almost all around the seat tube.
It has been rewelded by Baptiste Pelletan, a local frame builder, and it is now back on the streets.
Post-crash upgrades:
I got badly hurt in a crash in late 2023, my Salsa was destroyed, but fortunately this bike was still fine. A few months after it happened, I wanted to use my track bikes again, but I was still very weak, so I had to adapt them so I could keep using them. I had to install a way smaller chainring (44t instead of my usual 51t), and a front brake.
Final form - October 2024
Here it is in its final form, just as I've always wanted it. After incrementally improving it over the last few years, there was still something missing... killer wheels. It's a done deal with these custom ZIPP 404 carbon clincher wheels 16/20 spokes, on Mack superlight pink hubs.
