Re: [CR]40s/50s handlebar ID- maes?

(Example: Production Builders:Pogliaghi)

Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 11:33:25 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]40s/50s handlebar ID- maes?
References: <BAY105-F319F1B26661B4CFFDC402BA4350@phx.gbl> <000d01c60982$982926b0$e517fbd1@Newhouse>


Aldo Ross wrote:
>
> Oh! That's an easy one!!!
>
> The bars and stem are both made by Titan (of Belgium) - perhaps late 1940s
> through mid-1960s. I think they were located in Belgium.. The names on the
> bars - (Marcel) Kint, (Albriek/Brik) Schotte, (Sylvere Maes - were all
> racers. (Rik) Van Steenbergen was on there also sometimes. Typically .
>
> Titan stuff shows-up in interesting places, including early-1960s Paramounts
> and lots of swedish Crescent bikes.
>
> I take it these are fitted to a Hobbs???
>
> Aldo Ross
> Middletown, Ohio
>

It has always be a surprise to me that Titan chose to use an aluminum nut and aluminum bolt for the handlebar clamp on their steel stem.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/apotnolid/hobbs4.jpg

Bet it was a surprise to ham fisted mechanics when they muscled that aluminum nut tight!

I have found a few Titan stems over the years and they are usually missing their aluminum nut and bolt.

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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