In a message dated 10/30/2002 12:21:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, tom_s_dalton@yahoo.com writes:
> As for the narrow bars on older bikes, I always heard that "space in the
> peloton stuff," even in the 1980s. A real crit-meister uses skinny bars
> to fit through the gaps in corners and sprints! Whatever. Anyone have
> some old-logo 66-42's to sell cheap? I'll be non-period, gladly. Funny
> how rare those are. I guess they really did mostly use 40's back then.
>
It seems that at the flea markets the 42's go fast leaving the 38's and 40's to languish. I'd rather ride an "incorrect" 42 than the OEM 38 bar that "belongs" on the bike. Besides a 3TTT bar on a 3TTT stem made more sense on my Raleigh Pro.
Pete Geurds
Douglassville, PA