Few more British makers exclusive stems that I have seen to add to the list. Rensch Champion du Monde Paris Tour de France Higgins F.W.Evans Hobbs Blue Riband Mal Rees Rameles
Best wishes and be lucky. Michael Butler Huntingdon UK.
>From: "Mark Stevens" <mountgerald@btopenworld.com>
>To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>Subject: [CR]Exclusive stems
>Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 19:54:40 -0000
>
>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