Stemming..

For some time I had considered the last ever produced Campa headset in combination an old-fashioned Panto stem, but these are unfit for the modern 31,8 mm compact handlebars, and the more profiled and sizeable stems of today really look great as well, especially with appropriate marking and decoration. Here I was fortunate with the Colnago stem from Hungary, described earlier. The black would fit with the paintwork around the head tube, upper fork area and both the seat post and wheels. The mounting was a nice job and rather easy. The inner fork star flanged nut was perfectly in place and I needed just two of the four remaining spacer rings. The sloping cap to be combined with the already present and new to add bushing, which had a slanting bore allowing the stem to be placed pointing upward or more horizontally, was an easy fit. The horizontal option was the best choice in both handlebar position and appearance.