Although it is not possible to say exactly when the longest bike in history was born, for certainty, in 1951, Cino Cinelli worked with Luigi Valsassina on a prototype bike for his friend Fausto Coppi. Valsassina had made many bicycles for Coppi when he was Bianchi's frame-maker, and he was very sceptical about one of them which was probably too different from the standard in use. However, Cino strongly wanted an innovative bike because, changing the roads and being less bumpy than before, he could stiffen the fork slightly to increase performance. As a result, by tilting the fork head, the chain stays were shorter, more rigid and aerodynamic in shape. In addition, Cino had also designed a new seat post locking system. The clamping screw passed through the stays welded to the collar and this allowed the locking point to be aligned with the centre of the vertical tube ensuring a firmer grip on the seat post tube. Cino wanted greater elasticity of the lugs in the saddle, bottom bracket shell and fork crown. For this reason, he went to Shaffusa and turned to Georg Fischer who began producing a series of spheroidal cast iron lugs (better known as ductile cast iron) for Cinelli. Fausto Coppi loved the new bicycle and Valsassina himself was particularly satisfied with the result. Most likely, we can say this was the first real Cinelli Super Corsa.