In a message dated 11/13/03 6:25:21 AM Pacific Standard Time,
Raoul.L.Delmare@worldnet.att.net writes:
> But as far as basic shapes, that stem looks steep. To me, it just
> looks like a track stem, with a track handlebar. That is track
> equipment. That's what they used. They still do use those sorts of
> shapes. During the 1970s, and into the 1980s, that sort of stem &
> handlebar combination was beautiful, and considered some of the very best
> , but that combination was very common equipment on the very best track
> bicycles.
>
> And Cinelli certainly made a "criterium bend" which was a handlebar for
> the road, with a very track-like shape.
>
I don't think Cinelli made alloy track stems with the old Milano logo. If
they have (which is possible) I have never seen one. In the 70s, all the genuine
Cinelli track bars and stems I saw were steel. The first alloy track stems I
saw were the newer "flying C" logo, same with the official alloy track bars
that looked a lot like the 65s but said "Pista" where the old crest logo went. In
the old days, the trackies who used 1A road stems and alloy bars were pursuit
riders, and of course "Hour Record" attempters, such as Eddy.
If it is indeed a 1A track stem, that would be a rare item.
Stevan Thomas
Alameda, CA