Adjustable (180) quill stem & where is Koffee Brown?

[invisiblehand]

So I have been looking for a 180 degree adjustable quill stem with a long reach. The only one that I can find is the Dahon one which appears to have a short reach.

I have been periodically searching EBay and online stores for a while without any luck.

BTW, has Koffee Brown been around lately? I believe that she is the one that started this group.

-G

[Bacciagalupe]

Ms Brown quit or was booted (I forget which) many moons ago, some sort of dispute about her modding methods.

[late]

Damn shame, I miss her. She was one of the all time best posters. But
her personality wasn't quite right to be a Mod.

I keep hoping she'll come back.

[andmalc]

I'm using a 140 mm adjustable stem on my Swift to make up for the too-small frame size. This helps but makes the steering a bit unstable. I was what your 180 mm would do to the handling.

The problem of fitting folders to larger riders isn't discussed much here unfortunately.

[brakemeister]

http://www.humpert.com/de/bikeparts/marke/produktart/einsatzbereich/produkt/?marke=xtasy&produktart=23&einsatzbereich=29&produkt=218

I have a few of them for 45 bucks a pop . not eactly what you lookin for but maybe you can make something work with it ...

thor

[invisiblehand]

I'm using a 140 mm adjustable stem on my Swift to make up for the too-small frame size. This helps but makes the steering a bit unstable. I was what your 180 mm would do to the handling.

The problem of fitting folders to larger riders isn't discussed much here unfortunately.

Well, I want a long reach ... but the 180 degrees refers to the angle that the stem can take.

[invisiblehand]

Ms Brown quit or was booted (I forget which) many moons ago, some sort of dispute about her modding methods.

Too bad ... I would like her to come back as well.

[invisiblehand]

http://www.humpert.com/de/bikeparts/marke/produktart/einsatzbereich/produkt/?marke=xtasy&produktart=23&einsatzbereich=29&produkt=218

I have a few of them for 45 bucks a pop . not eactly what you lookin for but maybe you can make something work with it ...

thor

Man ... you would never know that I took a few years of German way back when. I am just about clueless now.

I can't tell how adjustable it is from the website Thor. And I would be looking for a 1" clamp (or a shim).

[brakemeister]

they do come with shims for 1 or 1 /18 but they are defintely not adjustable 180 degrees ( that wouldnt work anyhow as they would adjust into the tube which holds them .... or do i see that wrong ?? ) I would thing that they are adjustable 45 degress which would mean that if you turn the stem around you probably get a total of 75 to 80 .. degrees...

thor
you can always call me order one and if it doesnt work send it back ... no problem

[invisiblehand]

they do come with shims for 1 or 1 /18 but they are defintely not adjustable 180 degrees ( that wouldnt work anyhow as they would adjust into the tube which holds them .... or do i see that wrong ?? ) I would thing that they are adjustable 45 degress which would mean that if you turn the stem around you probably get a total of 75 to 80 .. degrees...

thor
you can always call me order one and if it doesnt work send it back ... no problem

Hmmmm, I will think about it. But I have the fit dialed in ... I want the adjustable stem for a compact fold.

I always thought that the stem angle was measured from 90 degrees such that 180 would be vertical. The idea would be to set a vertical angle when folding.

Notice what the gentleman does here with the stem in this video ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16HxaI0hLv0

I would like to find that stem but with a long reach.

-G

[recursive]

Ms Brown quit or was booted (I forget which) many moons ago, some sort of dispute about her modding methods.

Her mod privileges were suspended as a result of her heavy-handed techniques. Subsequently, she left voluntarily. This all happened about a year ago.