Anodized stems were also available in silver. It wasn’t a matter of technology, it was a fashion. Kind of like all the black stems mounted on the modern road bikes. Plus I think that Gios looks sick with black stem.
I think it was Saronni who set the trend in the early 80s
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Anodized stems were also available in silver. It wasn’t a matter of technology, it was a fashion. Kind of like all the black stems mounted on the modern road bikes. Plus I think that Gios looks sick with black stem.