Re: [CR]Which stem/bars for late 60's PX-10?

From: "Eric Elman" <tr4play@cox.net>
To: <Cino1947@aol.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]Which stem/bars for late 60's PX-10?
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 23:06:36 -0400

Josh,

AVA did indeed make a stem with an elongated groove in it's head but they rarely show up for sale. My vote for your bike's replacement for the AVA stuff would be a Philippe or Atax nutted aluminium stem and a Philippe D352 bar with the bike racer engraving. That bar is very, very cool in my opinion. The stem would be period correct and few would know that the bar was typically found durring the 70's not 60's. Yep, that's my recomendation and I'm sticking to it!

Eric Elman
love them D352's
Somers, CT

----- Original Message -----
From: Cino1947@aol.com
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 9:32 PM
Subject: [CR]Which stem/bars for late 60's PX-10?

> I'm restoring a late 1960's PX-10. My references say they came with AVA bars
> and stem, but these are supposed to break easily.
> What decent bars and stem from those years would be appropriate?
> I have a picture from Bicisport of Merckx on a PX-10, and the stem has an
> elongated groove. I can't identify it, but it does not look like an AVA.
> Thanks,
> Josh Berger
> Bronx, NY