Originally Posted by
WebsterBikeMan
Look at the stem on the bike - some older ones require removing the brakes and tape to change the stem .... The first tandem I tried out when shopping was an older Santana with a shortish quill stem - couldn't raise it far enough
All good points, Webster, but be aware that these days they make both a
quill stem adapter to make it use threadless stems, and
threadless stem risers to get the bars up higher.
I have even used both items together on one wild fixie project!
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