Originally Posted by
Schwinnsta
I was looking at the pictures of your Twenty. Your handlebars seem higher than my stock. Did you replace the stem and handlebars? If so, do they still fold? Are you using stock brakes?
I would like to upgrade my 20 some. The brakes seem anemic. I need to let the stem and handlebars fold to put it in my trunck. Most the upgrades I see eliminate that possibility.
There are apparently 3 different configurations of handlebars that came on the Twenty over their lives. The picture of my two shows the same stem, but different handlebars. They all slide down into the stem, I am considering putting a form of quick release on the stem bolt so the handlebars can be folded down.
The other type of Twenty bar was fixed and would only slide up and down.
The best upgrade on the brakes is to use the
KoolStop Continental pads, they work great on the steel rims, and I use them on all of my Raleigh bikes and on a couple of others.
Aaron
