I seem to remember Jeff Slotkin mentioning that the c. 1960 Allegro frameset he had for sale at the Cirque required a 22.0 stem.
Kinda wish I'd gone ahead and bought it, now - but he and I tag-teamed Jim C into acquiring it.
Russ Fitzgerald Greenwood SC rfitzger@emeraldis.com -----Original Message----- From: Jerry & Liz Moos <moos@penn.com> To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Date: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 9:22 PM Subject: [Classicrendezvous] Swiss bikes and stems
>For those who may run across an old Swiss bike, I measured my 1969
>Allegro Special and found that Joe was right - even Swiss bikes with
>French HSs have 22.2mm stems. At least this is true for two of his
>bikes and one of mine. Does anyone has an example that contradicts
>this?
>
>Regards,
>
>Jerry Moos