Re: another [CR]Cinelli stem query

(Example: Framebuilding:Brazing Technique)

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From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: another [CR]Cinelli stem query
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 17:44:22 -0700
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


On May 23, 2007, at 2:47 PM, wlnighanjr@aol.com wrote:
> Could be that one could install the stem using a conventional steel
> bolt, ex
> pecting that the alloy expander will get itself wedged, then repla
> ce the steel bolt with the alloy bolt... and then hang the bike on
> the wall
> and just look at it while smiling about the 30 gram weight
> reduction...

I've been using the Cinelli 1R on lots of my bikes beginning in 1976 and never had a problem but then that's only my experience and not other's on this list.

Chuck "take it for what it is worth" Schmidt South Pasadena, CA USA