Old 11-14-11 | 11:29 PM
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calamarichris
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Bikes: '09 Felt F55, '84 Masi Cran Criterium, (2)'86 Schwinn Pelotons, '86 Look Equippe Hinault, '09 Globe Live 3 (dogtaxi), '94 Greg Lemond, '99 GT Pulse Kinesis

Originally Posted by LarDasse74
I have the same adapter and I just use the adapter + ahead-style-stem as a quill stem.

Edit:

I actually have this adapter, not the Profile one. My mistake. I believe the minimum insertion mark is usually 2X or 2-1/2X the quill diameter.

Here is what Sheldon Brown had to say about quill stems:
Beautiful! Thank you Lardasse. Life passing before my eyes was exactly the concern. Peace and safe riding!
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