re [CR]60's - 70's Handle Bars and Stems ?

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Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 16:37:23 -0500
From: "Steve Kurt" <kurtsj@mtco.com>
To: teaat4p@yahoo.com
Subject: re [CR]60's - 70's Handle Bars and Stems ?
cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

From: r cielec <teaat4p@yahoo.com> "Can anyone supply or point to identifying photographs, illustrations or descriptions of alloy handle bars and stems circa late 60's - mid 70's ?

I'd like to dress-up the early 70's Raleighs but have come into contact only with straight and randonneur bars and the basic GB stem; yet, there seems to have been many interesting bar shapes and stems available in the market.

Regards, Richard Cielec"

Hi Richard, To get an idea of what was on the market, I'd suggest an afternoon of browsing thru the vintage catalogs on Mark Bulgier's website: http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalogs/

In particular, the Cyclo-Pedia catalog is an interesting source of some of the goodies available in the early 70's, albeit primarily of European origin. http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalogs/cyclo-pedia-74/ Lotsa good general articles in the catalog too....

regards,
Steve Kurt
Peoria, IL