I'm aware of the later Cinelli Giro D'italia bars and the Ritchey Classic Bend bars, but I've heard that the Cinellis have problems with the clamp sleeve being creaky, and the Ritcheys only come in black. Do you guys know of any other classic bend bars that come in silver and are double-grooved for modern shift levers? I'd prefer something with a 26 mm clamp, but I could compromise on that.

There may be some Ambrosio's out there. I'd check Velo-Orange. The only classic double-groove I've seen are Cinellis and one set of 3TTTs a while ago. I use Cinellis on all my bikes, and none of the nine are creaky.

Deda 215s come in a classic bend, silver with grooves.
they don't show up often but are still listed on the Deda web site

+1 Very nice bars, but none of my Cinellis' creak.

I have a few Cinelli models to choose from in the parts bin, and I am not hesitant to use these for any reason.

ITM made the "Ergo" bar - dual grooved for Campag Ergo brifters.

-Kurt

I have a Control Tech bar that fits that description. It was an anodized silver, a matte finish, that I removed to get the look I wanted.

Cinelli offered the Giro d'Italia (64), Criterium (65), and Campione del Mondo (66) all with double grooves and these can be found on ebay pretty easily in both the 26.4 and 26.0 clamp diameters. There were also the Cinelli Top Ergo bars, which had a classic bend and were doubled grooved, but were extruded differently so as to be lighter. They also feature a blue-grey anodizing. Bikyle still has some in limited styles.

I have seen the 3TTT "Competizione Ergo Due" (or something like that (?) otherwise known as Merckx-bend) in silver and double-grooved. They are out there, just gotta search.

thanks for all the suggestions guys. i'm glad to know that the cinelli bars don't have issues, it's just hard to find them with double grooves in 40cm with a 26 mm clamp.