Actually, Mick you have only corrected half of the spelling error as it is indeed with only one "L" but with two "P's."
P H I L I P P E
That's not very intuitive is it????
Eric Elman
Somers, CT
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> Michael Butler <laquelda@yahoo.com> wrote:Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004
> 07:01:42 -0800 (PST)
> From: Michael Butler
> Subject: Re: [CR]From what country is a Phillipe stem
> To: hersefan@comcast.net
>
> You learn something everyday I always thought that Philippe were from
> Belgium. Just shows how wrong you can be but the correct spelling is with
> a single L.
> Their "Glissiere" and "Aero" steel extensions coupled with "Americain"
> chrome drops were popular for donkeys years on the track here. Ron
> Kitching was still listing and selling these well into the 1980's.
> Mick Butler Huntingdon UK.
>
> hersefan@comcast.net wrote:
> Phillipe is from France - maker of bars and stems. They made some really
> nice steel stems over the years - a production lugged (only the quill to
> extension part) model that is quite nice. Their alloy stems seem
> reasonably nice too.
>
> If anyone looks at photos of a typical Rene Herse demontable, the "custom
> Herse stem" is actually the front section of a steel Phillipe. Again,
> talking steel demontable stems with the QR, not the alloy ones.
>
> Mike Kone in Boulder CO
>
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>> Anyody on our esteemed list know the origin of
>> Phillipe stems. I looked under France on the CR and
>> found no information.
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