Originally Posted by
ahnichols
Does anyone know what height of quill stem would be appropriate for a 50cm bike? Mine is too long, therefore the stem won't go down very far into the headtube. I'd like to get the nitto jaguar stem; can anyone just measure theirs? Thanks
This this the part of the stem I need measured.
People need to think outside the box.
Since the clamp diameter is probably close to 26mm, a bit of scaling would give us a length of about 110mm. I can't imagine you'd need it any more precise than that.
I'd estimate you'll have about half that tucked down into the steerer.
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