Stems?
09-22-12 | 04:30 PM
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If one wants easy bar removal and installation you can also get something like this ITM model 700 clamshell clamp type quill stem....
I dunno, but I'm liking this ITM over my other stems now......
I think, mostly for aesthetic reasons, I just can't consider using threadless type stems on any of my bikes. Maybe after some years I might reconsider when they have more C&V flavor to them....
Chombi
I found a similar clamshell type stem from Modolo - a Modolo X model. Very pretty and graceful, and looks alot like your ITM. I wonder why these types of stems were so shortlived? They offered the beauty of a quill stem with the ease of a threadless stem...
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09-23-12 | 08:35 AM
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I've never had a bike with a threadless stem.
Quill stems just look better to me.
Quill stems just look better to me.
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09-26-12 | 12:01 PM
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I've dark-sided and actually like modern "mountain bike stems", but recently ordered one of these Nitto lugged stems to test my Scott drop-in bars on my Look Equipe. Mine's not painted though. Yet.
09-26-12 | 08:40 PM
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One of those cool looking ITM stems is on eBay now, and it's NOS: https://www.ebay.com/itm/190729629892
09-26-12 | 10:30 PM
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One of those cool looking ITM stems is on eBay now, and it's NOS: https://www.ebay.com/itm/190729629892
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