Marinoni Canadian Special
This very special bike, made in Montreal, is about 50 years old, although some components are older. I saw a lot of riding, so its 50 years are very evident.

This frame was designed for track pursuit races, so it uses lighter Columbus PL tubing, which is a little over 100 gms lighter than the road version, SL.

Please take a look at the maple leaf cutout in the headtube lug, whereas a standard Marinoni uses a Fleur-de-lis, so very rare.

However, making it even more unique, is the groupset, a Dura-Ace 10mm pitch track group. It was the only track group from any source using a smaller chain pitch than the industry standard 12.7 mm, to 10 mm which allowed a size reduction of the front chainwheel, chain and sprockets, achieving significant weight reduction and increasing its stiffness. I have three of these groupsets. One here, one that used to be on a track bike Hans and I built, but never rebuilt after a new paint finish to the frame and the third, brand new and never used. Their rarity resulted from them being banned by the UCI, as they were perceived as giving their users an advantage over traditional sizing.

Finally, the Cinelli M71 clipless pedals. I purchased this set in 1972. In fact the Italian Cinelli M71s were the first commercially available clipless pedals, actually predating the French Look clipless pedal by 13 years. The M71 featured a plastic shoe cleat that slid into grooves and locked with a lever on the back of the pedal. It was the locking mechanism that kept them being used except by a few track specialists and road time trialists. This set has a broken locking lever, that happened while crashing while riding to a race, not during the race ! I was crossing a set of railway tracks, which were greasy, the front wheel slipped and not being able to remove my foot, I went down. That is why it took 13 years before we saw a new design, since someone had to design an easily removable shoe mechanism. The newer Look design could easily be disengaged, just by twisting your foot.