Originally Posted by
randyjawa
This is one of the nicest looking bicycles that I have seen. The color and simple presentation are perfect (might rethink the water bottles, though)...
I am truly impressed and I love the steering stem. If I had something like that on my Cyclops, I just might keep it threadless.
I just thought of it. I have a set of vintage (seventies something, I think) Showa matching front and rear alloy luggage racks. They would suit the bicycle to a "T" in my opinion.
Thank you, Randy. The bike was designed for a front load only, so no braze-on accommodations for a rear rack.
Not to derail this thread from stems, but to keep on the topic of "elegance", since that photo was taken, I've upgraded my taillight to a modern interpretation of a classic, elegant taillight. I've designed my own generator-powered taillight and made a small production run of CNC milled housings (half of which have a brushed aluminum finish, and half of which are polished to a mirror shine). I assemble them all by hand using state of the art circuitry, and will also be offering these for sale along with the stem switch. Here's how it looks on two different alloy fenders:
And I totally agree with others, the Rene Herse stem rises to the top in terms of elegance. From what I understand, it is very light and rigid, too. Very smart design.