Removing Braze-on Stem Shifters
08-07-11, 06:38 PM
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Removing Braze-on Stem Shifters
Can I use a bell designed for a tapped stem (Peugeot Super Sport Mixte) to cover the ugliness or do I have to bite the bullet and get a new stem (and brake levers, and derailleurs, and DT shifters, and fenders, and rack, and bars and and and and...)?
$20 bike is not going to be a cheap one. I've already spent $53 and counting...
$20 bike is not going to be a cheap one. I've already spent $53 and counting...
08-07-11, 06:39 PM
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Pictures?
08-07-11, 06:43 PM
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It's raining and my garage is too dark for anything decent. I'll try and take some tomorrow. There is a bit that sticks out that's threaded (sorry, bad description). I was hoping I could cover it up, though I think I'll have to get a new stem. Or at least some prettier Stem shifters.
08-07-11, 06:50 PM
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Any chance that it's actually clamped on, or held on with the top nut of the headset?
08-07-11, 07:01 PM
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Unfortunately, no. I've taken one off entirely and I'm left with a stem with a big ugly knobby thing. It's not even the same colour as the rest! But seems to be threaded right though to the inside of the stem, so I think I'm toast.
08-07-11, 07:18 PM
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Can't you just put a washer and bolt on it and be done with it, or am I missing something? Why take the bell off? I probably should not be asking these questions.
08-07-11, 09:04 PM
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it is a mixte... right? i prefer stem shifters to dt shifters on these bicycles, especially with upright bars. why mess with it?
08-07-11, 09:32 PM
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Some older Peugeot models actually had shifter mounts cast into the stem. It's all one piece of alloy, stem and mounts.
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08-08-11, 05:28 AM
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I don't think so - I think it's for me. I wouldn't be spending so much money on a flip!! Though don't mixtes go for hot money in TO? I don't have a mixte, and I feel that I need it to round out my bike "collection" (hardly a collection with only 4 bikes)
This is definitely how it is.
08-09-11, 05:01 AM
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Maybe, but it's kind of moot now as my neighbour just bought it from me to make it into a fixie lookalike for his girlfriend (single speed coaster brake, rattlecan job).
I am getting a maroon Nishiki mixte from a bike buddy of mine.
I am getting a maroon Nishiki mixte from a bike buddy of mine.
