Re: [CR]Exclusive stems

(Example: Framebuilders:Doug Fattic)

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Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 19:57:00 -0800
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "joel metz, ifbma/sfbma" <magpie@messengers.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]Exclusive stems


well, jack taylor made their own stems...

http://www.blackbirdsf.org/taylor/stems.html

-joel
>Hi Chuck et al, Thanks for those images of your '55 Gillott. Stunning paint.
>Your stem is the Gillott stamped Titan type and as I suspected has a plate
>brazed on behind the clamp to match the lug style. I have never seen one of
>these before. I believe this Titan stem was the base for their matched stems
>in the Fifties. I have one on my 1953 lugless Gillott tandem. Needless to
>say it has no lug detail. I have just bought another tandem stem on ebay
>(Thanks Hilary!) and plan to remove the steerer insert and weld a narrow one
>on. I have 2 stems from the Forties which were fabricated from components.
>I know this because I once asked Bill Gray (RIP) to make a stem for my
>Thanet Silverlight. He showed me the various components and told me they
>used to assemble custom stems from these parts at Claud Butlers where Bill
>worked for many years.
> So a list of Makers' stems;
>Claud Butler
>Gillott
>Ephgrave
>Hetchins
>Holdsworth
>Thanet
> I have seen Dawes and Sun but these were only stamped types, not made "in
>house". Can anyone confirm others? Not counting "Panto'ed" types either.
> Mark Stevens, Dingwall, Scotland
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________

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