After five months I am just about to get my Cinneli-esque (Carabella track bike on the road). I have only to build the wheels up this weekend when a box of DT competition spokes arrive at my lbs today. The bars and stem mounted to the frame were the prettiest part of the picture up until I started reading these 1-R horror stories. The bars are Cenilli Milano track bars with beautiful blue Strong-V track grips hairspray glued to the drops and .... the stem is the vaunted gorgeous 1-R in a 100 length. I tried pushing down on the bars while the frame was mounted to the stand and I couldn't get any squeak or a slip. Surely if there is some slippage I could apply some locktite or something similar to the union of stem and bars. I wouldn't want to give up on this lovely classic stem just yet. I'll keep you all posted soon as I intend to try out the bike in my hood before going to the track with it. I previously had problems with slippage with Campy SR seat posts and cured them. I also had squeaking with Dura-Ace stems that looked similar to the Cinelli 1-R but you had to access the clamp binder bolt by sticking a long allen wrench though place where you usually find the stem to fork binder bolt. (I solved that one with grease and torque). Over the years I have seen CR members with unusual fixes to manufacturing deficiencies. I am surprised that the list seems so stimied now in reference the 1-R. Shame on you all for being such defeatists! (If they can send a man to the moon ....)
Garth Libre in Miami Fl USA