Cino Cinelli's brother Giotto had been making steel stems since the late 1930s in Florence, Italy. They moved the business to Milan after the Second World War. In 1963 Cinelli began commercially producing alloy stems and matching handlebars and it wasn't long before Cinelli bar and stems became the choice of serious athletes and connoisseurs.

The 1A ("A" stood for aluminum) stem and Cinelli bars were first shown at a trade show at the 1960 Rome Olympics. We believe consumer production of these new aluminum stems and bars didn't begin until 1963.

Those first components had a polished, non-anodized finish. The classic clear anodization that gives Cinelli stems and bars that luxurious "milky" finish began in 1965.

The B-Groove bars on this page are superb road bars suitable for racing at the highest level, for a fixie, or any enthusiast road bike.

• Double-butted 7075 aluminum
• 40cm B-Groove bar weighs about 230 grams
• Drop on a 40 B-Groovebar is about 150mm, reach is 95mm
• B-Groove bars have a lovely black anodization, some glossy, some have a flat black finish.
• B-Groove bar clamp diameter is 26.0 mm
• Grooved front and back for Campagnolo Ergopower levers
• Anatomic bend

Cinelli B-Groove handlebars 40cm center to center. 26.0 clamp. New, $89.99

Part# 30490

Perfect anatomic bend for comfortable riding

Center section with bar stats

Cinelli B-Groove handlebars 40cm center to center. 26.0 clamp. Lightly used, $89.99

Part# Cinelli-groove-40-U12

Glossy black finish

The center section shows that the bar had very little use

Cinelli B-Groove handlebars 42cm center to center. 26.0 clamp. New, $89.99

Part# 30491

Black bars look great on any bike

Close-up of the center section

Cinelli B-Groove handlebars 44cm center to center. 26.0 clamp. New, $89.99

Part# 30492

We have one 44cm in stock.

Grooved front and back for any brake-gear system.

Close-up of the center section