Originally Posted by
fixedgearinker
I am using a 130mm Cinelli 1R stem on my Basso... love it but it has a lot of noticeable flex, especially when climbing while on the hoods or sprinting from a traffic light... I don't really want to change my fork to threadless as I want to retain the original fork. Anyone have any recommendations as to a nice stiff quill-type stem in 120 or 130 length? Or any experiences/ opinions on the various threadless adapters which are available? Thanks, hope everyone is having a good weekend so far
I decided to go with a threadless adaptor, taking up from the 1inch quill to 1 1/8 threadless. I used a Zoom adaptor, Deda Zero100 120mm stem and Deda Zero100 42cm bar. Went on my first ride this evening with the new set-up and all I can say is wow! What a difference. The bar and stem are very light and stiff, and combined with the adaptor the weight is still less Than my Cinelli bar and quill stem combo. Only down-side is the over-size stem is larger diameter than my top tube lol.... I also tried the Deda carbon bar wrap, and not very impressed, I like my Cinelli cork wrap much better...
