French size Cinelli stems (Re: [CR]Re: Bike Prices)

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From: <RaleighPro531@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 09:37:24 EDT
Subject: French size Cinelli stems (Re: [CR]Re: Bike Prices)
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 5/11/2003 8:56:02 AM Eastern Daylight Time, jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net writes:


> Probably the part which should have been replaced first were the AVA bars
> which had a nasty habit of cracking. Lots of PX-10s wound up with Cinelli
> bars and stems, even though you had to sand the stem down to fit in a
> French
> steerer. Some of the less mechanically astute PX-10 owners probably just
> took the 0.2 mm off the stem by forcing it into the steerer.

I believe Cinelli stems came in French (22.0) sizes. Seen them for sale, didn't sound like they were modified. I would assume the bar diameter was 26.4 for Cinelli bars. I myself would probably just sand one down, especially a used one that was scarred anyway.

Pete Geurds
Douglassville, PA