The Cinelli Saetta used to be a regular contender in our sister title Cycling Plus's Bike of the Year tests – always there or thereabouts. It’s now cheaper than it was in 2013 and has had a bit of a makeover since we last tested it, gaining a few more modern features – internal cable routing for the rear brake, Di2 compatibility – without losing the composed all-round ride that we liked so much.
The cabling means that it has lost the aesthetically unappealing ‘washing line’ brake cable dangling under the slimline top-tube. The graphics, meanwhile, are just about the most understated we’ve ever seen: gloss black on matt black, with black bar tape and components. If Batman were a cyclist, this would be his Bat-Bike. If you want a shout-it-from-the-rooftops bike, this isn’t for you.
Miche gear doesn’t appear too often on these pages, but there’s absolutely nothing wrong with the Italian company’s kit on the Cinelli. We’d have preferred a Campagnolo Athena crankset to the Italian-made Miche Primato Max, if only for the sake of groupset completeness, but the Miche Altur wheels turned out to be impressive performers.
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The seatstays blend seamlessly into the top tube
No matter how much we tried to get them to misbehave – high-torque, low-speed climbing – we couldn’t detect any flex at all. The 25mm Vittoria Rubino rubber wrapping them performed well, nicely balancing grip and comfort, and feature a Kevlar band for toughness. Braking from Campagnolo’s Athena brakes is likewise on a par with Ultegra.
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