[CR]Further Cinelli stem question: X/A vs. 1R

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From: "Paul Williams" <castell5@sympatico.ca>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]Further Cinelli stem question: X/A vs. 1R
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 17:18:07 -0500

Hi all,

Fellow CR lister Emerson Johnston, who is having trouble posting to the list, has just sent me the following answer to my earlier enquiry:

"I checked my old French magazines and it's impossible to distinguish from mag photos 1R vs XA. The first evidence of the XA was in 82 in an ad for Peugeot where you could clearly see the Slit in the XA. The 1/R first appears in the 75 TdeF (Eddy M ). Of course the A1 shows up all the time. Feel free to post this if you like to share with the rest on CR"

The consensus from a couple of people I have heard from on the list suggested that the 1R was not a great success and should be avoided on a rider.

On the other hand, by comparison, how was the X/A? Was it an improvement on the 1R? Did it have the same problems with creaking and crushing the bars?

Paul Williams,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada