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Also won this Reynolds Spearpoint Stem which was billed as a 40's-50's unit. I think it might be a bit later but am struggling to find any info on dating Reynolds stems. Anyone have any ideas?
the spearpoint was first unveiled around October 1949
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a short search shows that the stem was not in the Reynolds catalogues of 1946 and 1947 in the V-CC library. It appears in the Brown Bros Catalogue in 1952 where it is described as 'Reynolds " All-in-one " alloy handlebar stem'.This appears to be the variation as yours; with a design variation occurring sometime between October 1949 and the release of the 1952 BB catalogue.
A look through the 1949 Holdsworth Aids does not include that model. The 1950 Holdsworth Aids has a listing on p10 under Reynolds products of the 'New " All-in-one " Headclip fitting'.
It was still available in the 1952 Holdsworth Aids p9
I have a few of the Cycling 'Show' editions from this period.
The October 1949 edition at p 448 talks briefly about 'a new lightweight alloy handlebar stem with a 2-in extension'. There is an Reynolds advert in the same edition (no page number) which was 'Introducing The new Reynolds Light Alloy Handlebar Stem' with an accompanying image'
with the parts you are collecting you need to get a 1952 Blue Riband.
Philip
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There is an article in the V-CC's The Boneshaker 189 "Handlebar stems for your restored 1930-1960 Classic Lightweight Cycle". I have emailed the author with the above advert as it may assist in refining the timeline set out in the article.
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Right, so I've been spending quite a bit of time on t'bay recently.
I won a Lytaloy 49 x 1/8" chain ring. 116BCD. Quite nice it is too.
Need some Williams C1200 or Lytaloy cranks to go with it. Classic lightweights has the following to say about the Lytaloy cranks:
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Also won this Reynolds Spearpoint Stem which was billed as a 40's-50's unit. I think it might be a bit later but am struggling to find any info on dating Reynolds stems. Anyone have any ideas?