> Who be in need of French sized stems!?!?!?!..............Thers a load that
> has landed with the Zeus score, off hand they are a French marque which I
> believe Mavic rebadged for their own marque? If not then the sure as hell
> look the same. Nice satin or polished finish with of course some shop
wear.
> There's a wide selection of sizes, they will be offered to the list at a
> later date once they are controlled.............I think they will be
around
> $ 15.- to $ 20.- ea.
>
> Cinelli stems in French size!..................Here I go getting myself
into
> trouble once again!................I have a resource here in Holland who
is
> sitting on several hundred 1-A stems in the full range of
> sizes!...............If we make a go at them it will be for the whole lot
> and nothing less...............I kinda hate dealing with these guys, they
> tossed out onto the streets several hundred Campagnolo Porta Cantina
> clamp-on gear lever sets!...........After I told them when they do their
> move, I'll buy up all of the stocks they were planning to toss
> out!.....''MAJOR DUMBOS!'' 300 + times the once going rate of $ 125.- and
> you kinda get a good idea as to what he threw away!
> Da!.........OK!....jOhNnY!.................So I just had to stick it in
his
> face!...................Yahoo!...............He was pissed!
>
> BC
> Baron C................And the gang!
> Renaissance cycles, Eindhoven Holland.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jerrymoos" <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
> To: <RaleighPro531@aol.com>; <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 4:02 PM
> Subject: Re: French size Cinelli stems (Re: [CR]Re: Bike Prices)
>
>
> > Yes, I have a couple of 22.0 Cinelli stems, but they were pretty hard to
> > find in the early 70's at least in the US. I think most people just
> sanded
> > down 22.2s or forced them in. TTT made 22.0s also, and I have some
> > beautiful Fiamme 22.0 stems - only Fiamme stems I've ever seen. The old
> > Cinelli bars, at least the alloy road bars, were 26.4.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jerry Moos
> > Houston, TX
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <RaleighPro531@aol.com>
> > To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 8:37 AM
> > Subject: French size Cinelli stems (Re: [CR]Re: Bike Prices)
> >
> >
> > > In a message dated 5/11/2003 8:56:02 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > > jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net writes:
> > >
> > >
> > > > Probably the part which should have been replaced first were the AVA
> > bars
> > > > which had a nasty habit of cracking. Lots of PX-10s wound up with
> > Cinelli
> > > > bars and stems, even though you had to sand the stem down to fit in
a
> > > > French
> > > > steerer. Some of the less mechanically astute PX-10 owners probably
> > just
> > > > took the 0.2 mm off the stem by forcing it into the steerer.
> > >
> > > I believe Cinelli stems came in French (22.0) sizes.
> > > Seen them for sale, didn't sound like they were modified.
> > > I would assume the bar diameter was 26.4 for Cinelli bars.
> > > I myself would probably just sand one down, especially a used one that
> was
> > > scarred anyway.
> > >
> > > Pete Geurds
> > > Douglassville, PA