Jim, I checked with SJS Cycles in UK. They say the GB randonneur bars are in fact engraved and are British made. They didn't exactly say, but strongly implied these were NOS. They are listing these on their website for £17.01, which is at today's exchange rate is around $24, but freight from UK could increase that significantly.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Jim Cole wrote:
> 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?