Curious Nitto stem
 

I recently bought a 1985 bike with this on it. It's unmarked, other than "Nitto". I've never seen one with this cutout before. Any ideas as to what model it is?

http://i380.photobucket.com/albums/o...y/DSC03201.jpg

Never seen anything like it B4, if "Nitto" did,nt do it maybe its a home made "Drillium" ?

It's gorgeous is what it is.
-Gene-

looks to well done to be drillium

On 2nd look,I agree with you rotharpunc !

I'm betting it was made that way and that the hole originally contained a piece of plastic with a logo on it. My Cinelli 1-R stem has that.

Could be. Though it's in kind of an odd spot for a missing cap. Plus, there are no marks to indicate that anything has been there. Here's another view.

http://i380.photobucket.com/albums/o...3104Medium.jpg

I have a Suntour Superbe stem that has a cut out like that but mine has groves on the sides.

Scott

Does not look like the Cinelli version.

But I like it alot.

jim

Does the slot correspond to a bored out hole in the neck of the stem, immidiately reverse of the slot?

-Kurt

What? For mounting a bayonet or something?

jim

That's funny. There's no hole in the stem itself. The only other marking, other than size info and insertion line is "s.s"

I cannot recall the manufacturer, but there was one particular stem supposedly produced in this fashion. The drilling was for weight, the hole was for the bored access.

-Kurt

Looks very similar to the SR super light (can't remeber the correct name) but the clamp is wrong.....