I'm looking for drop bars, aluminum, 26.0 clamp diameter, without clamp knurling, or with knurling no greater than 32 mm in width. I've got a Cinelli 64-40 that I can get in the stem, but I've got a fair amount of knurling exposed on either side, and I'd prefer something rather cleaner in appearance. The eBay fare (the Ambrosio Champion bars for example) have a knurling 40 mm wide (I asked one seller). Does anyone have something in their inventory that they would consider selling that would be appropriate for a bike built in the late '50s to early '60s? I'll use the Cinelli if I have to and wait for something better to come around, but I'd like to get this polished off if I could. The bar is the nly thing left to do on the bike.
On another note, One of my frames has a rear spacing that's 120 mm, but I was able to get a seven speed freewheel to fit in the frame. From what I've read this should not be feasible. The back end hasn't been 'adjusted' in any way and reads 120 mm quite accurately. What bad thing could happen with this apparent mismatch? I'm asking because I have a five speed freewheel in hand and am contemplating replacing the seven speed freewheel with it. I'd expect to have to have the rear wheel re-dished, as when I had the wheelset built for the Frejus the builder specifically asked what speed freewheel I was going to use in order to dish the wheel properly.
Scott Baxter St. Louis, MO
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