Re: [CR]More Peugeot bits

(Example: Framebuilding:Brazing Technique)

Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 20:34:12 -0500
To: donrazr@juno.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Harvey M Sachs" <sachs@erols.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]More Peugeot bits
In-Reply-To: <20010112.101956.816.0.donrazr@juno.com>


At 10:19 1/12/2001 -0700, donrazr@juno.com wrote:
>I forgot to mention that I am also looking for a stem (8 or 9 cm) to
>replace the infamous AVA death stem that it [Peugeot] now has on it.
>Thanks again.
>Don W. My experience with French bikes of that era strongly suggests measuring the diameter of the quill of the Death Stem... Generally 21.9 mm, instead of the more common 22.2.

A friend offered me a really beautiful short TTT for Beloved Spouse's road bike, but I just couldn't figur out how to cut off that 0.3 mm w/o some very fancy lathe jigging. Not having the lathe, I certainly didn't had the jig. C'est la guerre, he said, exhausting his french...

Harvey Sachs