In a message dated 5/11/2003 8:56:02 AM Eastern Daylight Time, jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net writes:
> Probably the part which should have been replaced first were the AVA bars
> which had a nasty habit of cracking. Lots of PX-10s wound up with Cinelli
> bars and stems, even though you had to sand the stem down to fit in a
> French
> steerer. Some of the less mechanically astute PX-10 owners probably just
> took the 0.2 mm off the stem by forcing it into the steerer.
I believe Cinelli stems came in French (22.0) sizes. Seen them for sale, didn't sound like they were modified. I would assume the bar diameter was 26.4 for Cinelli bars. I myself would probably just sand one down, especially a used one that was scarred anyway.
Pete Geurds
Douglassville, PA