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Old 11-26-09, 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by RobbieTunes
No one asked, so I will. How tall and long of a stem do you need?
I'm looking for a 10 or 11 cm, 10 would be best I think. Most of the stems I've seen look like the quill is too short to get a decent height, although I forget how much you need for min insertion. The Pearl stem looks good. Are they pretty much the same as the Cinelli stems as far as the quill length goes? Now that I think about it, the stem I need to replace is a Cinelli (1A 9cm, I believe) and when set to the minimum insertion mark, it was slightly too low as far as bar height goes. I don't mind being slightly low, although I worry about the longer rides. The bike is doing double duty for brevets until late next summer when I get something new built. Right now I have a 10cm stem on an adapter but the look bugs me and it just seems out of place on the bike. I want to keep the bike in more original condition, especially after I get the frame repainted.

I would like to keep the bar and stem Cinelli. I feel bad enough that I have an Italian bike built up with Sun Tour.
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