Got some PHILIPPE, ( ATAX! ) Franco Italia H-bars, end to end 45.5cms. Item # FP300 $ 24.-.
BC. Baron C................And the gang, Renaissance cycles. Eindhoven Holland.
> I'm looking for parts for the 59cm 1963 Peugeot PX-10 I've mentioned here
> before.
>
> http://www.birfield.com/
>
> I'm 6'2", usually ride a 60cm c-c road bike, and prefer a 135mm stem or so
> on top of a 59cm top tube, with 44cm c-c or wider bars. Of course, that's
> on a modern bike.
>
> While trolling ebay for older French bars and stems I see 9cm and 7cm
> stems, 39cm and 40cm bars. It doesn't look like longer stems and wider
bars
> were made/sold/used before 1970? Am I wrong?
>
> What sort of size ranges were available back in the 1960s?
>
> I've read recently that AVA should be avoided. (I'm also 240lbs (and
> dropping) and I ride hard and break stuff.) What bar/stem would you
> recommend for me and this frameset, that's roughly period-correct? I plan
> to ride it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Morgan Fletcher
> Oakland, CA