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Originally Posted by
merziac
Yep, odd to say the least. I got the original levers with it and will change bars, maybe Cinelli or plain old chrome steel, we'll see. Richard Schwinn said many bikes were spec'd with this stem even though it was originally a track stem. I could have bought the bike for way less without it but despite being fugly, they are one of those things I think you should get your hands on if presented. I already have some correct M Kint maes bars and Titan stem so I have many options and those will go on at some point.
Also, I get it and actually kind of like it in a convoluted sort of way
Cinelli bars are always nice, but my wag is that stem was probably made with 25.4mm steel bars in mind.
My initial impression of that stem was that it was insanely cool, in a Roller Ball sort of way, but upon reflection, if it were my bike and I needed to get my hands a little higher, I probably would get a long Nitto stem to match those bars.
Yeah I think you're right, going to check later, might end up with generic chrome steel to start. I am going to fab a knuckle for the M Kint bars, may do the same for the Cinelli's, may be just for show, we'll see.
Love the Roller Ball analogy and totally agree, that thing is growing on me more by the minute. A couple of people said I should have saved the $$$ and let the stem go, no way in heck.
Here's the shipping label/build sheet with the numbers that don't match what it has and I can't find any of them for reference anywhere so not sure what to think. FWIW Richard Schwinn said there is info on it he has never seen and imho there is a lot there.
