http://www.twistcomm.com/
Here's a photo of similar steel one-piece bars with integrated levers on my
old Doneselli 4-speed "city bike." (You may need to click on the thumbnails
to get to the bars closeup. Not Cinelli quality but an interesting shape.
Fred
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Fred Yavorsky
Jenkintown, PA
fred@twistcomm.com
http://twistcomm.com/
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> Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 22:43:07 -0700
> From: "Mark Bulgier" <Mark@bulgier.net>
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> Subject: RE: [CR] Cinelli 'City' handlebar(s)
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> John Thompson wrote [snipped]:
>> I used to have an old "Velital" Italian city bike with a narrow,
>> brazed steel flat bar/stem. It was quite narrow -- probably 35cm
>> at most, with no back sweep. The stem had no forward reach, but
>> was brazed to a somewhat semi-circular piece that swept
>> forward. Very short, straight pieces extended out from there
>> for the hand rests and brake levers. The brake levers were brazed
>> onto the bars as well.
>
> This must be the very bar or one very much like it:
> http://bulgier.net/
> Bars1955.jpg
> Or http://tinyurl.com/
>
> These are listed in The Data Book (p.186) as 1955, but I saw them in
> Firenze on a bike that must have been ten years younger than that. No
> doubt the design hung around for a while. A classic beauty IMO.
>
> Mark Bulgier
> Seattle WA USA