Cinelli MASH Parallax
This is by far my favourite bike (I’m lucky to be its owner). It has been improved little by little over the years, this is why it might sometimes be pictured with different components.
Here is how the bike is currently, which is its final state:
Bike check:
(Final state)× Frame:
2015 Cinelli MASH Parallax - Ten years anniversary edition number 88 of 100.
Columbus Airplane aluminium frame - carbon fork with aluminium steerer.
× Wheels:
ZIPP 404 Firecrest carbon clincher rims.
Custom-made Mack Superlight low flange pink hubs 16/20 holes.
Sapim CX-Ray bladed spokes.
28mm Continental tyres.
× Drivetrain:
Shimano PD-M540 pedals.
Rotor 3D track 165mm crankset with Rotor bottom bracket.
Sugino Zen 51t silver chainring.
Izumi Super Toughness chain.
16t cog.
× 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.
× Weight: 7.2kg (as pictured here).
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.
April 2024 Post-crash “upgrades”:
