I have a pair of alloy Cinelli track bars with the Milano logo. They are on a 1975 totally original Richard Sachs track bike.[Frame #115] They appear to be very similar, if not identical, to some new logo Cinelli Criterium bars also in my possession.
Nick Zatezalo Atlanta,Ga
> [Original Message]
> From: <NortonMarg@aol.com>
> To: <Raoul.L.Delmare@worldnet.att.net>; <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>;
<BruceCumberland@comcast.net>
> Date: 11/13/2003 3:24:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [CR]Handlebars & Numismatics
>
> In a message dated 11/13/03 6:25:21 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> Raoul.L.Delmare@worldnet.att.net writes:
>
> > But as far as basic shapes, that stem looks steep. To me, it just
> > looks like a track stem, with a track handlebar. That is track
> > equipment. That's what they used. They still do use those sorts of
> > shapes. During the 1970s, and into the 1980s, that sort of stem &
> > handlebar combination was beautiful, and considered some of the very
best
> > , but that combination was very common equipment on the very best track
> > bicycles.
> >
> > And Cinelli certainly made a "criterium bend" which was a handlebar
for
> > the road, with a very track-like shape.
> >
>
> I don't think Cinelli made alloy track stems with the old Milano logo. If
> they have (which is possible) I have never seen one. In the 70s, all the
genuine
> Cinelli track bars and stems I saw were steel. The first alloy track
stems I
> saw were the newer "flying C" logo, same with the official alloy track
bars
> that looked a lot like the 65s but said "Pista" where the old crest logo
went. In
> the old days, the trackies who used 1A road stems and alloy bars were
pursuit
> riders, and of course "Hour Record" attempters, such as Eddy.
> If it is indeed a 1A track stem, that would be a rare item.
> Stevan Thomas
> Alameda, CA