Rocking the 130
The Best Stem I Ever Had Was...
- Thread starter stb222
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The Kalmyk
Well-Known Member
Die it is then
WinTaper
Member
I started with an 80mm - but I found I liked the steering better with the shorter (50mm) stem - I guess I do have shorter arms.
The Heckler
You bring new meaning to the term SUCK
Nothing different here
Ugh, now I'm trying to erase the image of your tape finishing job..
NO TAPE ON BARZ.
The Heckler
You bring new meaning to the term SUCK
no electrical tape on barz*
WUT, i have been sorely miss guided by multiple wrenches too, and good ones. Are you sure this isn't a hipster thing?
The Heckler
You bring new meaning to the term SUCK
It's a P-R-O thing.
Maybe a New England thing.
No idea. It doesn't really matter but it looks a little cleaner.
And you get to see the kaleido cork on my tape 😉
rsinger814
Well-Known Member
pressure
rsinger814
Well-Known Member
5:40 mark PRO
The Kalmyk
Well-Known Member
These are my bars... Clean as a whistle
Magic
Formerly 1sh0t1b33r
You rang?
If Pearl wrapped the bars himself, I'd let him do mine. They look good. I don't care about the tape.
The Kalmyk
Well-Known Member
Tape is used just not on bars.
Real baller shit here though... In the world of knots this is very similar technique as seizing.
w_b
Well-Known Member
^^^ this. ^^^
Also I agree with the shoelace comment. most stems are adequate functionally assuming proper fit and installation. Yes, design and aesthetics matter, and the softride fails on both. At the risk of being negative, change to "worst" stem because unless this is really another "who is baller" thread that is more meaningful.
I will start off with a Ti superflexy Big S takeoff I ran for one ride many years ago. Man that thing sucked. In retrospect now I know why it was free. Not many things a stem needs to do but not flex is one, this didn't not flex. Could not even believe the Big S put their name on it.
All the other ones I have run have been, well, forgettable. and with stems that's a good thing.
soulchild
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Man you guys need to step your bar tape finishing game up. I'll post mine later tonight.
@The Kalmyk is excluded from the preceeding sentiment.
@stb222 I expected more from you.
@The Kalmyk is excluded from the preceeding sentiment.
@stb222 I expected more from you.
I have have bar tape done by Flecknoe and @743power that touched the bars. And who is a more meticulous and detailed oriented wrench than Colin?
wrong, crooked, should be perpendicular to the bar.