Re: CINELLI "DOMINO" STEM - was: [CR]Nice Colnago

(Example: Framebuilders:Dario Pegoretti)

Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 14:33:55 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: CINELLI "DOMINO" STEM - was: [CR]Nice Colnago
References: <2.2.32.20030926173547.01aa5328@pop.telusplanet.net>


Brad Orr wrote:
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> This is the first time I have seen a Cinelli "Domino" stem on a
> Colnago and, as Grant states below, it too looks rather out of place
> on this bicycle much like the rims....
> Anyone know when these stems were produced and sold? I don't think
> they were made for very long, as you don't see them very often.
> Also, were there any earlier attempts by Cinelli (prior to the Domino)
> to have a front-opening stem for easy handlebar removal?

I think the Cinelli Domino first showed up in the mid 1980s. Pretty strange; the whole upper half is rubber/vinyl? that hinges forward for bar removal. The lower half of the forward extension is half-round aluminum with a vertical rib that keys into the upper half. Since the stem's forward extension is more like half a stem, as you can imagine, it's very flexy in torsion (sprints, climbing etc). It is the earliest front opening Cinelli stem I'm aware of.

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, CA

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