Re: [CR]Cinelli bar size?? Timeline?

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Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 05:51:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Fred Rafael Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Cinelli bar size?? Timeline?
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <BFE252CE-A950-42BE-A279-503AC3D72122@earthlink.net>


I just want to make sure I'm read all this correctly: Were there really French bikes that used a stem diameter of 21.15mm on high quality frames? This dimension seems suspiciously close to the .833 inch (i.e. 21.16 mm) diameter stems used on old American bicycles. Is that the actual story here?

In any event, until now I had not heard of Cinelli making stems with this sort of stem diameter. Certainly I've seen (and own) Cinelli stems with the typically French 22.0 mm diameter. And I think that someone like GB made quality stems for Schwinn in the .833"/21.16mm diameter.

But Cinellis in 21.2mm? For a French bicycle, that sounds like a size that you would use on utility/delivery bicycle, not on a real road or touring bike. So what's the complete story?

By the way, to answer the original question... there were Cinelli stems/bars whose clamp diameter was less than 26mm. I had an old steel Cinelli stem (with an aluminum alloy bar) whose clamp diameter is either 35mm or 25.4. I still have the bars, so I'll have to go down to my dungeon one of these days to measure.
     Répondez s'il vous plaît,
     Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)


--- Chuck Schmidt wrote:


> Hi Tom,
>
> Yes Cinelli made stems for french steerers in 21.2 mm. In
> one of
> those Peugeot posters from the late 1970s showing the team
> and their
> bikes (they are riding toward the camera) about half of the
> team has
> Cinelli 1R stems on their bikes. I put one on my PY10CP team
> bike
> from back then along with Cinelli Criterium bars.
>
> Even back then I don't think the Cinelli french sized stems
> were
> known about. Not sure if there is any marking on the stems
> noting
> the 21.2 mm quill.
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, Southern California
>
>
> On Aug 10, 2006, at 12:07 AM, Tom Martin wrote:
>
> > speaking of Cinelli:
> >
> > Did Cinelli ever make a 21.2 mm quill stem for French
> bikes?
> > I had a customer ask and expect this size to be available
> as a routine
> > offering from Back In The Day.
> >
> > Anyone?
> >
> > Tom Martin
> > Oakalnd CA
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: vjp@telus.net [mailto:vjp@telus.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 9:43 PM
> > To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> > Subject: [CR]Cinelli bar size?? Timeline?
> >
> > I was looking through the Velo Stuff picture gallery this
> evening
> > and there
> > is a "rare" Cinelli handlebar with 2 knurled rings on the
> center
> > ferrule and
> > it measures 26mm instead of 26.4mm. I pulled out a Cinelli
>
> > Campione Del
> > Mondo handlebar with old "Knight logo" from my stash and it
> is also
> > 26mm
> > (and has the 2 knurled rings).
> >
> > Were the Cinelli bars originally 26mm and then they went to
> 26.4 and
> > eventually back to 26?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Victor Penner
> >
> > Vancouver BC Canada
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
>
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