The best maintainance routine for a Cinelli 1-R stem
is to pass the horizontal portion across the blade of
a running bandsaw; a coarse blade is recommended. You
refit the bike with a 1-A stem and your creaking and
slipping will magically disappear;)
David Feldman
Vancouver, WA
> Mark Stevens wrote:
> >
> > Can anyone tell me when Campagnolo introduced
> their vertical rear dropouts?
> > I have a 1967 Gillott fitted with them but would
> like to know if it was
> > earlier. Chuck?
>
> The vertical dropouts (#1060 Serie Corsa) were first
> shown in catalog
> #15 from 1967 (previous catalog #14 was 1960). 1967
> might be when they
> were introduced at the trade shows held late in the
> year or they could
> have come out years earlier since there were no new
> catalogs between
> 1960 and 1967. Best dating info is the trade show
> reports in the press
> each year.
>
> > Also a Cinelli stem, has the internal wedge clamp
> design but not the
> > winged C. It has the black plastic button with
> Cinelli Made in Italy and a
> > Brev no,. It has the old oval stamp on top.
>
> That's the Cinelli 1R that I think came out around
> 1974? Cino sold his
> company in 1978 to Antonio Colombo (Columbus tubing
> and 3ttt bars and
> stems), so around that time the logo was changed to
> the winged C.
>
> Everyone agrees that this stem slips and creaks so
> my advice is to send
> it to me as soon as humanly possible and I will
> dispose of it in a
> proper manner !!!
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, CA
>
> .
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