Cino Cinelli's brother Giotto had been making steel stems in Florence, Italy. They moved the business to Milan after the Second World War. Cinelli began making alloy stems in 1963 and it wasn't long before the Cinelli stem was the choice of serious athletes and connoisseurs.

The XA stem on this page was produced from the mid 1980s into the early 2000s.

It was produced for two bar diameters, the traditional 26.4mm Cinelli diameter and the industry standard, 26.0, which is most often associated with 3T and ITM. This page has our stock of 26.0 Cinelli XA stems. Our 26.4 Cinelli XA stems are here.

Cinelli XA 12.5cm x 26.0 black stem. Used, $60.00

Part# XA-12.5-black-u82

Pantographed with the Cinelli logo. The quill wear should be hidden when the stem is installed in a fork.

Viewed from the other side.

Side view

Close-up of the quill. Again, the wear should be hidden upon installation.