Originally Posted by
Kommisar89
Funny you mention that crank...I'm pretty sure that was original but I'd never get it up a hill around here with the limited small ring I could use. I was thinking of the 141bcd just for that reason (and see my other post about putting a long cage on an old style Record derailleur
). Looks similar and much more practical. I want a rider rather than a garage queen. I've seen steel Cinellis on the 'Bay. They look great. They were labeled as track stems though. Is there a difference?
I stopped worrying about that stuff. I just build them original and deal with it when I want to ride them. If it's your only bike that's different. But I like that I have to climb in a 48-26 sometimes, you need to embrace the shortfalls of the vintage bikes sometimes to really enjoy them for what they are.
The steel Cinelli stems came in 3 drop angles. There's two track versions and the -17 degree road. You want the road version, which does not seem to come up as often as the track ones lately.
It's always good to have the seller measure the angle if they do not list it, as a lot of sellers always call them "track" regardless.