Originally Posted by
m_sasso
If only some manufacture would create a 31.8 clamp quill stem that was compatible with modern flat top drop bars!...
I have a 22.2mm quill stem with the 31.8mm clamp and with removeable faceplate.
I think it came off of a modern, low-end Masi, at least that is the product line that the small shop had where I acquired the stem in a consignment/trade deal.
It's an ugly stem though, perhaps 9cm at the longest, with very blocky clamp structure attached to a thick extension with quite-bulky heli-arc weld bead.
Although I am mostly partial to Nitto's better stems for their sleek solidity, I have to also give this thread's first nod to the ubiquitous SR Custom, which, though heavy and perhaps only available in a few even-numbered lengths, was spec'd on a zillion, mostly Japanese bikes in the 1980's for it's economical good function. Well worth polishing imo.