David Ross wrote:
> I just double-checked (using a magnet) and can confirm that
> the expander bolt and plug are both aluminum
Just thought I'd better add, yet another very-knowledgeable collector wrote me off-list saying he too had seen these stems with real aluminium expander bolts. Very cool! I apologize for my earlier skepticism that implied you could have been fooled. Who's the fool now?
(And, who wishes he had one like it?)
Mark Bulgier
Seattle WA USA