[CR]Headset clip

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From: <themaaslands@comcast.net>
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org (Classic Rendezvous)
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 01:23:18 +0000
Subject: [CR]Headset clip

Bob wrote:
> Bianchi in Italy used a similar arrangement into the 1950s ? (Chuck / Steven / Aldo) ?, and they even patented a manufacturing process to produce the necessarry flared head tubes to take the bearing races, and top and bottom lugs formed from a single piece of sheet steel....

I have owned four Italian bikes with headsets with clips: a 30's Gerbi, a 40's Benotto track bike, a 30's Umberto Dei and an unknown 20's track bike. I have not seen it on Bianchi bikes that I can recall. It was intended to permit you to clamp the stem and tighten the headset at once.

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Steven Maasland
Moorestown, NJ