At 12:56 PM 12/15/00 EST, you wrote:
>In a message dated 12/15/00 12:27:38 AM Eastern Standard Time,
p6man@home.com
>writes:
>
>> I'm in the process of building up a '74 Raleigh Pro frameset I
>> picked up sans all parts, and am wondering if these GB bars with the
>> British isles are the correct ones for a '74 Pro. Please see:
>They look like the one's on Dale's site:
>http://www.cyclesdeoro.com/GB_bars_1.htm
>
>I'd sure use them.
>BTW: What diameter are they and how wide are they?
>I've assumed if I come across any they'll be 38cm wide and I'd be stuck
>deciding between right bars and bars I can ride. Did they come in wider
sizes?
>My Pro continues to make do with Cinelli bar and stem, poor me!
>
>Pete Geurds
>Douglassville, Pa
In response to Pete's question about width, most GBs I've come across are 38 or 39 mm, as was the fashion at the time. Works okay for stick people like me. I have a couple with the same engraving pattern that are 41cm. Widest I've seen. One of these, stamped "Ventoux", has the larger diameter of the clamping area extending out beyond the engraved area. Maybe a later version? I have another Ventoux that has the enlarged diameter only in the clamping area. I've seen six-digit numbers, two digit numbers, and no numbers. On the later "Premier Marque de Grande Bretagne" versions I've seen two digit numbers, and four-digit numbers. Mine has "18 60" or "09 81", depending on how you look at it. Definitely 80s vintage bars, so maybe 1981. If there is a system there, I'd love to hear about it.
All together now..... tear the tape off your GBs and tell us what you find, besides cracks and corrosion.
Befuddled and bemused. Baffled and bewildered. Larry "Heebie-GBs" Osborn