Re: [CR]French bars

(Example: Framebuilding:Paint)

To: heine@mindspring.com
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 16:24:55 -0500
Subject: Re: [CR]French bars
From: "Richard M Sachs" <richardsachs@juno.com>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

oh. i'm sorry. i thought this was about Regine's, a place to be seen in any era. my mistake. e-RICHIE Left (my money at the) Bank chester, ct

On Sat, 22 Feb 2003 12:36:27 -0800 Jan Heine <heine@mindspring.com> writes:
> Wide bars: Until the mid-1970s, French racers (and most other racers)
>
> used 39 or 40 cm bars.
>
> Randonneurs have used wider bars for decades, so 25.0 mm wide bars
> are available.
>
> Mel Pinto has some Belleri bars, very nice, 42 cm. No logo, so
> they'll blend in with any bike.
>
> Now, does anybody have some 25.0 mm diameter randonneur bars that
> rise a lot (the ones I have rise only 1 cm or so). And/or some 25.0
>
> mm randonneur bars wider than 42 cm? Please let me know.
>
> Jan Heine, Seattle