Originally Posted by
jbonamici
Cinelli was the standard race bar/stem combo back in the day. That's not the prettiest one I've seen, but no, I don't think you can break it.
[edit] btw, note that vintage Cinelli stems use a proprietary larger size (26.4 iirc) clamp size so you'll need Cinelli bars to go with that. Not that that's a bad thing, but it's more $.
Not sure they're more $$, because they are out of production. They were very well made, so used ones should be fine.
Nitto bars and stems are of equal quality and easily available new, if you're concerned about the robustness of used ones. The Pearl stem is typically around 45-55, and the B115 bar is typically 30-45.
Cinelli now makes 26.0 mm stems, which can be used with Nitto (or anyone else's) 26.0 mm bars. Same great quality.