Re: [CR]Cinelli 1R woes/1A wanted

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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 9:03:51 -0400
From: <rdayton@carolina.rr.com>
To: devotion finesse <devotion_finesse@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Cinelli 1R woes/1A wanted
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When they don't slip they squeek. Or the little aluminum wedge cracks ..... Or............ Well you get the picture. The XA may be easier to find.

Rob Dayton
Charlotte,NC
USA


---- devotion finesse wrote:


>
> A few months ago, when I was in the midst of a quest to locate a Cinelli
  
> 1R stem for my '83 Tommasini, y'all tried to tell me..."It'll never stop
  
> slipping!" "The XE is technologically superior!" "They don't work." "Ju st
> get a 1A and be done with it!"
> But the darn thing was just too sexy! I had to have one. I just had to fi
> gure it out for myself.
> Well guess what?
> It never stopped slipping.
> It is technologically inferior.
> It didn't work.
> I need a 1A.
>
> Have any of you ever successfully remedied a slipping 1R with the use of a
> shim? If so, where (front or back of the bar clamp) was it located?
> Or is the best remedy "get a different stem"?
> My gut instinct is that the latter is the optimal solution.
> So...
>
> I am in search of a 100 or 105mm "Winged C" logo 1A stem.
> Also in search of a 2A in the same length.
> Doesn't need to be NOS or even immaculate. Just a clean rider that won't be
> an eyesore when paired with nice, clean bars.
>
> Muchas Gracias,
> Matthew Bowne
> Brooklyn, New York
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