What are some quality quill stem brands?
10-06-20, 03:10 PM
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I concur on the Sutro quill stems. A little higher than vintage. Plus it has a picture of the giant roachclip on it.
You won't get the bars anywhere near as high as they are in the picture with any vintage stem other than a Technomic - which is always an option. The Nitto 'Tallux' sold by Rivendell is super nice. Costs a bit more, but fit and finish is fantastic.
You won't get the bars anywhere near as high as they are in the picture with any vintage stem other than a Technomic - which is always an option. The Nitto 'Tallux' sold by Rivendell is super nice. Costs a bit more, but fit and finish is fantastic.
10-06-20, 03:36 PM
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I didn't do the math and I forget what I've done. Ou're right. 2 shims so I have to slighlty force the clamp apart or a slightly thicker aluminum sheet. There is also the fact that the diameters of both stems and clamps vary from spec. I'm pretty sure I've shimmed bars with single can shims very successfully for decade runs. Maybe a to spec Cinelli stem and a TTT bar drawn through older tired dies?.
I even recall my Trek 720 coming with a Cinelli 1A stem with I think a Belleri-Franco handlebar measuring well under 25.4mm!
The thinner bars will dent at the clamp if the bolt is so much as over-torqued or if a bar's smaller diameter allows the edge of the clamp lug to bend inward as it will very much tend to do.
TTT stuff was all officially 26.8mm while almost all others settled on 26.0. This small difference was considered insignificant at the bike shop level from what I saw, and not sure how measurable it even was.
I do worry about cracking a clamp since I've seen a few that had cracks run straight across through the thin section. This includes TTT and Cinelli.
Nitto makes a shim that is designed to best support a 25.4mm bar in a 26.0 stem and I'm sure it would work in a 25.8mm TTT stem as well.
There are other choices also for thickness of metal stock so I eschew the use of soda cans. Larger-diameter beer cans are a good bit thicker to handle the proportionally-greater hoop stress of the larger-diameter pressure vessel, so might serve as a decent shim if doubled.
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10-06-20, 03:48 PM
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The parts were so pretty i should have taken a pic before installing them - but alas - maybe next time
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10-06-20, 11:29 PM
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Oh of course - the bike is a 1990 Trek 1420
This is what how it looked when I picked it up. I've swapped a few parts since; new Fabric saddle, vintage Nitto stem as I mentioned, tape, hybrid pedals, etc. When these tires finally go I plan on getting some gum walls. I think the previous owner tried to match the red with the pink on the frame, but it doesn't look great imo
This is what how it looked when I picked it up. I've swapped a few parts since; new Fabric saddle, vintage Nitto stem as I mentioned, tape, hybrid pedals, etc. When these tires finally go I plan on getting some gum walls. I think the previous owner tried to match the red with the pink on the frame, but it doesn't look great imo
10-06-20, 11:32 PM
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btw, zenith makes some really nice quill stems. out of the UK, i believe
10-07-20, 09:59 AM
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10-07-20, 01:00 PM
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Maybe your frame is too small? The saddle is up very high, and the bars look pretty well extended already.
10-07-20, 01:19 PM
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Also yeah I'd be up for selling the black stem. $15 sound alright?
10-07-20, 01:52 PM
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hey...thanks for the details! those deore II derailleurs ...for half step...are hard to find, also 
sending pm on the stem....
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sending pm on the stem....
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Oh of course - the bike is a 1990 Trek 1420
This is what how it looked when I picked it up. I've swapped a few parts since; new Fabric saddle, vintage Nitto stem as I mentioned, tape, hybrid pedals, etc. When these tires finally go I plan on getting some gum walls. I think the previous owner tried to match the red with the pink on the frame, but it doesn't look great imo
This is what how it looked when I picked it up. I've swapped a few parts since; new Fabric saddle, vintage Nitto stem as I mentioned, tape, hybrid pedals, etc. When these tires finally go I plan on getting some gum walls. I think the previous owner tried to match the red with the pink on the frame, but it doesn't look great imo
10-07-20, 09:07 PM
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10-09-20, 12:50 PM
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10-09-20, 05:11 PM
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saw your post and I have a 3TTT stem that some of the reply’s mention here. It was in a big box of parts I bought recently and it looks to be unused. I am not a road bike guy so I am looking to move it.
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