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Old 10-26-21, 03:35 PM
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I asked over on Classic Rendezvous about the stem. The consensus was that it *is* a Cinelli steel stem. Apparently, they were delivered on Paramounts in the early 60s, sometimes with no stamping. The frame has such a short top tube, I'm going to keep it even if it is 10 years too new for the frame.

I broke out the wood bleach and the kiddie pool a couple days ago and set it up in the garage (it gets pretty dang hot in there on a sunny day).

Then I dried it out for a few hours in front of the garage and gave it a coat of wax.

So isn't it prescribed to flush out and rinse off the residue after a soak like this before drying?
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