Re: [CR]Why were there Pista headsets?

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From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Why were there Pista headsets?
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 16:40:56 -0800
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On Jan 27, 2007, at 4:34 PM, Ken Freeman wrote:
> The only practical matter I can think of is that Campy Pistas have
> a lower
> stack height than Stradas, so they'd allow a track stem to be
> placed just a
> little bit lower. Maybe for a sprint bike it would make a difference?

Track stems have steeply downward sloping extensions that get the bars low.

Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, CA USA
http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, t-shirts & timelines)