Re: [CR]older TTT bars and stems...

(Example: Framebuilding)

Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 06:25:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Fred Rafael Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]older TTT bars and stems...
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org, ADP <aphillips9@mindspring.com>
In-Reply-To: <40B67716.60903@erols.com>


> I have memories in the mid-sixties of being in > Houston and trying to help a friend remove a TTT > (or Ambrosio?) stem. The ones of that era used > a 7 mm. allen key, not a 6. It was a long evening. Right. The TTT "Gran Prix" stem from that era - and the later Record stem - used a 7mm allen key. This was a difficult tool to find and I eventually special ordered one from a foreign car parts store. (A German made Hazet tool.) A couple of years later, a miracle occurred and I found a 7mm Cinelli hex key.

By the way, Gran Prix bars are very mundane looking without any real engraving. Only "Gran Prix" is very half heartedly stamped on the bar's surface, near the clamping area. Often, it's barely visible. Cheers, Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia

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