Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 3,520
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From: Colorado Springs, CO
Bikes: 1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo (frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame), 1974 Peugeot UO-8
Ok, we have the before and after stems now.
I haven't ridden it yet so additional adjustments may yet be required but it's getting there. Oh, one last thing - the cool patented triangular nut on the Deluxe Tech will fit the standard IF you have a bolt that will work. The standard comes with a regular hex nut but requires a much longer bolt than the Deluxe and oddly, though they appear to be the same diameter, they are not the same thread so you can't swap the triangular nut onto the long standard bolt to get the cool fastener. I guess it doesn't matter, it looks like a giraffe anyway but if it helps keep the family jewels in good working order then I'm OK with that
Stems - little giraffe and big giraffe:
And interestingly, the regular standard Technomic IS forged as you can see in this picture (though whether it's cold forged I have no idea, or even what that means anyway):
And finally, before and after:
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1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo(frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame),
1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame),
1974 Peugeot UO-8, 1988 Panasonic PT-3500, 2002 Bianchi Veloce, 2004 Bianchi Pista