<------ Bicycling Magazine 09-1979 ------> Super Lightweight Components - Part 2 - Galli
Date: 07/11/2009
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Handlebars - 04
HANDLEBARS:
3ttt Record Competizione Superleggero - 1974 to 1986 second edition engraved logo - thin wall aluminum alloy - T6 heat treatment - Clear anodized finish - Gimondi profile bar bend - 120 mm wide / 26.0 mm clamp sized bulged center section - 43 cm O-t-O / 116 mm reach / 178 mm drop - model Superleggero : The Tape handlebar tape - cushioned non-slip suede finish - self adhesive backing - Black - partial wrap style only on the drops below the brake levers : Hunt Wilde handlebar end plugs - push-in style - domed ends - chrome plated ... [From that point in time when they were first introduced to the U.S. market in 1974 (...although they had been available in Europe since at least 1972 and perhaps as early as 1971) as well as throughout the remainder of that decade and well into the next, this was absolutely the lightest drop style handlebar available, weighing in at only 240 grams (...and the truly adventurous could reduce that weight even further by strategically drilling holes along the lower outside portion of the drops a la Eddy Merckx or Alf Engers). A typical Graftek G-1 sold as a "complete" bike would have originally been fitted with an old logo Cinelli Campione Del Mundo 66-40 or 66-42 set of handlebars having a 26.4 clamp area.]