I need a 10.5 cm or so stem for a California Masi built in 1974. Brian says the early ones use TTT. Would that be the stem stamped "Record" with the tricolor stickers and the triangular decal on top? Any leads/information appreciated.
Joe
> In a message dated 3/31/04 1:01:28 PM Pacific Standard Time,
OROBOYZ@aol.com
> writes:
>
> > The Sintered pads were perhaps not all they were hyped to be, but
certainly
> >
> > not unusable. They were sort of fuzzy and scrapy and not at all smooth
in
> > action. Maybe they did cut through rim sidewall crude better and stop
well,
> > but
> > from a tactile sense they could be unpleasant to use. Modolo hoped they
> > would be
> > a huge aftermarket seller, to be used on all brands of brakes.. That was
not
> >
> > to be!
> >
>
> Wow, we have had different experiences! I am still using the sinterized
pads
> on all my bikes and find them far superior to the black Campy pads. They
do
> chew through rim anodization, but on the plus side, I find them very
progressive
> and really impressive at higher speeds. I'm using both the plain old Campy
> sidepulls and the single pivot monoplanar Chorus brakes. The Chorus brakes
with
> these pads are the best thing I've ever used!
> My dislike of the Campy black brake pads goes back to the days of Fiamme
red
> label rims. The Campy's would dig nuggets of aluminum out of the rim and
then
> you had no brakes until you stopped, took the wheel off, and picked the
nugget
> out of the brake pad. Then you were good to go until next time! When hard
> anodized rims came out, I felt like the Campy pads were vague at high
speed.
> I tried various pads, Matthausers, Cool Stops, you name it, I tried it.
When
> the Modolo sinterized pads came out, that was it. I use those.
> Stevan Thomas
> Alameda, CA