In a message dated 7/1/03 9:06:45 AM, swampmtn@siscom.net writes:
> Forged, maybe, but not a forgery.
>
> This looks like the stem that came on low-end Italian "bike boom" stuff. I
> had a 1972 Atala "Gran Prix" with one like that.
>
>
Yes, I have the exact same stem. It is easy to make lower grade stuff than highly polished professional one. There should be quite many of such stem were buried in city dump or else where?
KEN TODA, High Point, NC