tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9241204.post47170147442298269..comments2024-01-15T14:14:40.035-05:00Comments on Citizen Rider: Antiques Trainer Show cafiendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749761363337659545noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9241204.post-29632768677685401522014-11-17T12:34:11.827-05:002014-11-17T12:34:11.827-05:00Oh yeah, and Sheldon Brown wrote that AVA stems li...Oh yeah, and Sheldon Brown wrote that AVA stems like the one shown on the PX 10 were known to break. I didn't know. My Peugeot had one that I only changed because I got a nicer-looking one (and needed to fit a 22.2 steerer on a replacement fork).cafiendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05749761363337659545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9241204.post-5287786337802857182014-11-17T12:31:26.194-05:002014-11-17T12:31:26.194-05:00Strictly refers to the protruding bolt sticking up...Strictly refers to the protruding bolt sticking up through the top. The nadcatcher concept comes from observations shared among cyclists when such stems were common.<br /><br />A friend of mine did cause a wound requiring stitches with the back end of the handlebar stem when he forgot about a particularly vicious pothole under and overpass and slammed into it, throwing himself forward onto the back of the stem. That was the less clearly dangerous, aesthetically pleasing Cinelli 1A, but it proved none the less painful. He related with pained humor how he leaped to his feet as onlookers closed in to see if he was okay, and whipped his shorts down to confirm that he had indeed been wounded.<br /><br />I love a nice quill stem. Just remember to respect them.cafiendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05749761363337659545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9241204.post-42871458217380004832014-11-17T11:26:21.127-05:002014-11-17T11:26:21.127-05:00nadcatcher? Is that a cafiend-ism or something peo...nadcatcher? Is that a cafiend-ism or something people really say? Either way, I find it quite ugly, maybe because I find classic 7 shaped stems so aesthetically pleasing.RANTWICKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394479078513545568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9241204.post-13519095141529184612014-11-15T22:07:37.220-05:002014-11-15T22:07:37.220-05:00Inconclusive, but I'm inclined to think it'...Inconclusive, but I'm inclined to think it's not. The frame seems more like the PA 10 I bought used in 1975. There was a model just above that called the PR 10E that listed in one catalog with a Stronglight 93 crank, but the same basic setup as the PA 10. The PA did not have Reynolds tubing and came with a Stronglight cottered crank...at least mine did. The only reference I've seen to the PR says it has Reynolds 531 DB main frame. <br /><br />Unfortunately, before the 1980s you had to rely on cosmetic details to identify model year, and those have been obliterated.But not enough says to me it's a real PX unless it was pre-1970s. Apparently, models with that designation started showing up in their line around 1953, but weren't continuously offered until late 1960s or '70s.cafiendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05749761363337659545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9241204.post-35909687121429387042014-11-15T21:41:36.712-05:002014-11-15T21:41:36.712-05:00Is it really a PX-10?Is it really a PX-10?Steve Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13650405341304401203noreply@blogger.com