The Best Stem I Ever Had Was...
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BiknBen
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With only a few exceptions, those who don't think a Thompson stem matters are the same folks who bring their bike to the shop cause, " My bike is creaking".
Take pride in working on you own bike with parts that make it fun to work on your own bike. Respect good craftsmanship.
Take pride in working on you own bike with parts that make it fun to work on your own bike. Respect good craftsmanship.
wonderturtle
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I hope to get to the point where I care about the stem on my bike. each bike has a generic stem. clearly I dont realize what i am missing.
@soulchild is trying to erase the image of your tape finishing job from his brainsup
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Red Mosquito
Formerly RLB the Scrapple Boy
Wouldn't zip ties be faster?
That is what he wants, for people to say "That dudeman on the 3 legged mule named Pepe f'ing beat me"
Not the stem.
I have been using a 50mm Syntace Megaforce 2 stem - lightweight, strong and inexpensive (and comes with the cap!). It replaced my Thomson X4...
At the time I got mine, they were one of the few making really short stems (like 30mm). More info on their stems can be found here... http://www.syntaceusa.com/index.cfm?pid=3&pk=2050
-Dan
You a downhiller or just built like a T-Rex?
rick81721
Lothar
I have a really short stem too. And by stem I mean on my mountain bike. My other "stem" is the exact opposite
Juggernaut
Master of the Metaphor
Mountain Bike Mike
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Running a zip service course on the roadie and Hybrid
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electrical tape game on fleek
tri-color cable jacket - i can learn from this!
The Kalmyk
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What not to do.
pkovo
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Here's two of my favorites. Ran the first one on my college bike in the mid 90's. Sure, it may be branded as one of the worst mtb ideas, but if your commuting around campus over curbs and stairs, your wrists will be A OK. I couldn't part with it, but also haven't run it on anything since the 90's
This one is actually solid. Very stiff, run it on my old school trials bike. Although it's not without flaw. It's two tone because I cracked the front piece wide open. Then again I'm in the over 200lb club and not a very skilled trials rider
This one is actually solid. Very stiff, run it on my old school trials bike. Although it's not without flaw. It's two tone because I cracked the front piece wide open. Then again I'm in the over 200lb club and not a very skilled trials rider
