Trek touring, 531 and Mafac canti's?
02-08-24, 06:05 PM
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I don't know about those headlug modules or whatevers. I don't see any outward sign of non-genuine lugging on my 610, the 600 I formerly ride, the 620 I had, or the 720, so I can honestly say I'm clueless. I have trouble seeing how those lead to any sort of structural deficiency or misalignment, unless perhaps they invite a lower level of craftsmanship?
02-16-24, 10:35 AM
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I'm also never been crazy about those Cinelli 64's! On my Treks I like more modern compact bars, even without indexed shifting. I agree with Jah Heine that the more open curves of his rando and Maes bars are more comfortable, but modern compacts usually have a tight bend up near the tops and a large radius bend sweeping down through the hooks to flat drops. I have one bike with a 3T set (I think Aeronova?) in aluminum, and even on a pretty racy road bike it makes for a comfortable 50-mile ride. Latex tubulars did't hurt!
On that Cinelli the tops slope down, as in your picture, and without a tall Technomic I was bent down too much. With the Aeronova my hands were raised another few centimeters, and I also put it on a shorter stem.
If you can get the Nitto compact with a more uniform bend, something like the old Short and Shallow, you might like it.
On that Cinelli the tops slope down, as in your picture, and without a tall Technomic I was bent down too much. With the Aeronova my hands were raised another few centimeters, and I also put it on a shorter stem.
If you can get the Nitto compact with a more uniform bend, something like the old Short and Shallow, you might like it.
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I'm also never been crazy about those Cinelli 64's! On my Treks I like more modern compact bars, even without indexed shifting. I agree with Jah Heine that the more open curves of his rando and Maes bars are more comfortable, but modern compacts usually have a tight bend up near the tops and a large radius bend sweeping down through the hooks to flat drops. I have one bike with a 3T set (I think Aeronova?) in aluminum, and even on a pretty racy road bike it makes for a comfortable 50-mile ride. Latex tubulars did't hurt!
On that Cinelli the tops slope down, as in your picture, and without a tall Technomic I was bent down too much. With the Aeronova my hands were raised another few centimeters, and I also put it on a shorter stem.
If you can get the Nitto compact with a more uniform bend, something like the old Short and Shallow, you might like it.
On that Cinelli the tops slope down, as in your picture, and without a tall Technomic I was bent down too much. With the Aeronova my hands were raised another few centimeters, and I also put it on a shorter stem.
If you can get the Nitto compact with a more uniform bend, something like the old Short and Shallow, you might like it.
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I don't think Trek put Cinelli bars them on very many at least not in the 80s. I recall a lot of Nitto bars. For a while everyone wanted Cinelli bars, and these were easier to ride (less drop) than the even more classic Cinelli 66 "Campion du Monde" (hope I got that right!). But the geometry of most, nearly all vintage Treks differed that of from Cinelli, Masi, et cetera.
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I don't think Trek put Cinelli bars them on very many at least not in the 80s. I recall a lot of Nitto bars. For a while everyone wanted Cinelli bars, and these were easier to ride (less drop) than the even more classic Cinelli 66 "Campion du Monde" (hope I got that right!). But the geometry of most, nearly all vintage Treks differed that of from Cinelli, Masi, et cetera.
02-16-24, 04:20 PM
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I remember a lot of them had French bars on them too, like smaller than 25.4 clamp. I used to have one of those bars in OS and it had like a champagne colored anodizing but I could never find a stem to fit it.
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