The November issue of Cycling Plus has GB Randonneur bars and stems listed from St. John Street Cycles. The ad doesn't show what kind of engraving they might have. Maybe GB is still around or (gulp) produced in China or something.
Jim Cole Memphis, TN
Jerry wrote:
>Hey Aldo, what's with the "Jim" all of a sudden? We won't know which
>to call
>you. Speaking of GB bars, I found a source of NOS GB "randonneur"
>bars, but
>no road bends. Do any significant number of randonneurs actually use
>the
>randonneur bend these days? Also, the CR website states that GB "did
>not
>survive into the 70's". Yet I think I remember GB stems on Raleighs
>well into
>the 70's, maybe even the early 80's. Did Gerry Burgess perhaps sell
>the name
>to a company that continued to produce bars and stems? Might these
>even still
>be in production today?