Originally Posted by jfblodi

Thanks for all the suggestions guys.



Boy does that sound familiar. Except the percentage of my cut is always substantially smaller.


Well, it looks like my options are narrowed down thusly:

1. Ream out the steerer tube to 22.2, and then the Nitto long-reach stem would fit.

How hard would this be? Could I do it with a hand-drill and large bit? Or would I have to go to a machine shop?


2. Buy the Nitto long-reach stem and grind off 1.1 mm, and then it would fit in my steerer tube.

Could I do this with a standard work-bench buffer/grinder, or would that be too imprecise?


3. Get that "stem-raiser-adapter" which pastorbob linked from Harris (for $19.95), and then the Nitto long-reach stem would fit inside that.

The only problem is the resultant stem + adaptor might end up being a bit too high for me.


4. Keep an eye out for vintage 21.1 stems, with longer (110-130mm) reaches.

Assuming they made them that long, which hopefully they did.


By the way, this thing rides so smoothly, I can't believe it, even better than my modern Bianchi steelie. Talk about absorbing the road!



John