Hah, the possible makers of Belleri bars?
http://www.belleri-formetubes.fr/
If so, then my friend's story about it being an Italian may be hoo-ha.
Anyway, let me know if anyone has anymore information. particularly about specifications and sizes/diameters/etc.
Thanks in advance!
Regards,
John Taglia
Chicago
> Howdy,
>
> A guy wrote me asking about Belleri bars and stems.
> I
> personally know very little about them.
>
> This is what I heard about Belleri. A friend of
> mine
> told me he worked for the folks who made Belleri
> bars.
> Apparently these guy were Italians who lived in
> Florida and had furniture made in Italy and imported
> it to the US. One of them was interested in cycling
> and since they made furniture of tubular metal, he
> figured they could make handle bars, no problem. I
> don't know who made their stems or where they were
> made. I was told Italy.
>
> I know they had a contract with Follis or US follis
> importer, as some Follis bikes featured the bars.
> All
> the Belleri stems I have seen are 22.0 Did they make
> 22.2 stems?
>
> Apparently the bars are 25.0mm is this correct? As
> to
> the bars being 25 mm v. 26.4mm (Cinelli) 25.8
> 3tt or whatever, this kind of makes sense. In 1972
> when these guys probably started, the most common
> size
> was probably 25mm as these were many of the French
> bikes that then dominated the lightweight market
> (except for the super-high end).
>
> Any information on size, etc. of Belleri pars and
> stems? Any non-French stems take 25mm bars?
>
> Regards,
>
> John Taglia
> Chicago, Illinois
>
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