Re: [CR] Pivo Stems

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Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 07:55:22 -0800 (PST)
From: "Fred Rafael Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR] Pivo Stems
To: Mick Butler <pariscyclesuk@hotmail.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <Law11-F28lIRjBGXrNt000457ba@hotmail.com>


If I recall correctly, several people on the CR list have Cinelli adjustable track stems. So it would be easy to get a photo and compare it to the stem on the Pivo stem on the Urago. Now, this might not be the case for adjustable stems, but every steel Cinelli stem I've seen (plus the couple I've owned, which makes a grand total of abouta dozen) had a Cinelli badge riveted to the top of the extension. Either way, I don't think there's any shame in using a Pivo stem instead of a Cinelli. For '50s technology, the Pivo stuff was often quite nice. The problem is that, after the mid '60s, they never advanced their designs and continued to use the old moulds and tooling. Consequently, the Pivo parts that we recall from the late '60s and the '70s tend to look somewhat rough. But that wasn't always the case. Regards, Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia

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