Or maybe close to the demise of the company? Anyone know? I love the aluminium binder bolts that bend, but don't seem to break. Aluminium bolt on a steel stem- wierd.
Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ
> Peter said that the "Luxe" stem was the better model as the name
\r?\n> would
\r?\n> suggest. I agree, however, I have a bar and stem combo from an old
\r?\n> Crescent (the bars are perhaps the most ergonomic flat bars I have
\r?\n> ever
\r?\n> used) and the bar-holding portion of the stem was welded in such
\r?\n> that
\r?\n> it is not 100% horizontal and my handlebars are higher on the left!
\r?\n>
\r?\n> It's not just a little bit either and is more noticeable on these
\r?\n> wider
\r?\n> bars! Nice engraving: M Kint, A Schotte, S Maes, V Steenbergen.
\r?\n> Year
\r?\n> of manufacture is '71. Chalk it up to lesser quality control at
\r?\n> the
\r?\n> height of the boom.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Ken Wehrenberg,
\r?\n> Hermann, MO