oop, just remembered the steel bar on my old cinelli says "Tour of BRITAIN" in the crest.
Dale Phelps
Montagna lunga Colorado USA
From: Chris Kvale <chriskvalecycles@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [CR] Cinelli handlebar lore To: losgatos_dale@yahoo.com Date: Friday, April 24, 2009, 1:56 PM
Hello Dale Phelps--
This handlebar is aluminum, center-sleeve, satin anodized finish just like the popular 63-64-65-66 models of the l970's and early l980's. It's identical to all those except for bend and marking.
Best regards, Chris Kvale
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Dale B. Phelps <losgatos_dale@yahoo.com> wrote:
Didn't Cinelli make an old steel bar that was called the Tour of England Model in the 50's/early 60's? I bet its one of those, I have one on my old brit-sources Model B, but can't go look at it to see what the number is stamped on the bar end 'cause I'm not home.
Dale Phelps
Montagna lunga Colorado USA
From: Chris Kvale <chriskvalecycles@gmail.com> Subject: [CR] Cinelli handlebar lore To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Date: Friday, April 24, 2009, 11:50 AM
Sometime in the l980's, I think, Cinelli made a handlebar labeled "68" and "TOUR." The bend is similar to 63 and 66, but the reach is about half a centimeter longer than the 63 and the drop is between the 63 and 66. This bend does not appear in any of my old Cinelli catalogs; I've only seen three--two of which I sold and the third is on one of my own bikes. TOUR for Tour de France? Chris the tourist?
Chris Kvale
Minneapolis, MN USA