>
> On May 30, 2007, at 8:46 AM, Donald Gillies wrote:
>
> > Maybe the reason why later Cinelli workmanship was so high
> - in
> > reality - was that maybe - just maybe - your first few
> attempts really
> > didn't look so hot and you spent all those years playing
> "catchup" :
> >
> >
>
http://ebay.com/
> >
> > (shows Cinelli Firenze stem with expander bolt and the
> steering column
> > area was obviously cut on Monday morning after a long
> weekend of
> > drinking, the slits have all the precision of Harry
> Potter's
> > lightning-bolt scar on his forehead ...)
> >
> > - Don Gillies
> > San Diego, CA
>
>
> Shouts rider modified to me Don.
Agreed. In fact, to quote from the auction listing: "THE TUBE FOR STEERER HAS SOME CUTS ( MADE NOT BY FACTOR , see pictures ) FOR FIXING INCREASE"
Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)