In a message dated 9/30/03 7:56:14 AM Pacific Daylight Time, airart4@juno.com writes:
> Looking for a pair of track handlebars to fit early Cinelli 1A (late
> 60/early 70s) stem for my 60s Pog project.
>
Depending on how you want it to feel, I'll pass along my experience. I think
the bars flex a lot more than the stem. Steel bars in an alloy stem are
stiffer than alloy bars in a steel stem by a LOT. The stiffest is obviously
steel-steel, the flexyest, alloy-alloy. I would recommend caution with an alloy bar in
a steel stem and the use of a brake. Hauling a bike up and down from speed
with that combination stresses the bar and over time it may break.
Stevan Thomas
Alameda, CA