Peter,
It is funny, I had been contemplating the very same question to the list some time last week after looking at an E-Bay auction and trying to determine a date of a GB stem. You beat me to the punch. I agree there is a need for such a chronology. Now what about the starting date of those GB stems with the deeply stamped Made in Britain, Hiduminium or something to that effect?
Any comments from Pete or others familiar with the GBs?
Cheers,
Paul.
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<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 9:44 AM Subject: Re: [CR]GB Stem was: For sale; Vintage items for sale on Ebay.
> Actually all this illuminates a rather big "missing link" in our collectiv
> e
> knowledge base here: GB Stems.
>
> Pete Paine's website covers the brakes rather nicely but what of all those
>
> myriad stems, the hinduminium spearpoint (is that a great name or what?)
> ,
> the all too familiar stem with the GB on it that no Super Course would be
> without? And the cool rival to the Cinelli: the "Bibi" (where did they g
> et
> that name?)... we've seen them all but I'll be darned if I can dat
> e most of
> them in an cogent manner or know the pecking order of them all.
>
> Ah, to have a complete run of "Cycling" and a cold winter's day, I could
> get this sorted in less time than it takes a Veloflex Criterium to go
> squishy waiting for the thaw..
>
> Peter Kohler
> Washington DC USA
>
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