james_from_stoke
Retro Guru
I have a 10.5cm Cinelli XA Stem with cone expander, with matching 26.4mm Champione del Mondo bars.
I've had to retire them from active use on my Rourke because the stem is so flexy and creaky.
I was given them by a club member a year or so ago, and he raced them in the 80s, then left them in the loft.
The plastic cinelli logo is missing from the front, but I get the impression there is also meant to be a plastic insert where the stem clamps around the bars? I don't know...
Is there anything I can do to stop them creaking and flexing so much? I'm hardly a heavy rider, and the XA seems to have a reputation for being stiff, so what might be wrong with them?
Cheers
James
I've had to retire them from active use on my Rourke because the stem is so flexy and creaky.
I was given them by a club member a year or so ago, and he raced them in the 80s, then left them in the loft.
The plastic cinelli logo is missing from the front, but I get the impression there is also meant to be a plastic insert where the stem clamps around the bars? I don't know...
Is there anything I can do to stop them creaking and flexing so much? I'm hardly a heavy rider, and the XA seems to have a reputation for being stiff, so what might be wrong with them?
Cheers
James