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There are tons of quil stems out there that would look great on your bike. You should definately go over to the c&v forum and ask about them there. Tons of people will have extra ones laying around that they will part with cheaply. In fact I have this nice NOS SR Sakae Stem sitting on my counter.
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Originally Posted by RoboIsGod
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Something like this for example: http://www.ebay.com/itm/3T-1-quill-s...item3cbe594e4d
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wow! awesome leads. looks like staying with a quill is the way to go after all.
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Originally Posted by Commodus
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Dunno about lighter, but Nitto makes nice quill stems. I don't know of anyone else who does.
Oh wait yea I do. VO rips off everything Nitto makes. That's not really a bad thing though, the quality and prices are good. http://store.velo-orange.com/index.p...ill-stems.html |
Originally Posted by Drakonchik
(Post 13625062)
Thin-walled chromoly steel quill stems. Such as: Trek System 1; Ritchey Force Light; and the identical stems by HL Taiwan.
Lighter than any aluminum quill stem. |
Originally Posted by Commodus
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Lol. Cuz you're totally going to notice 50g. You know what you are going to notice? That vomit-inducing contraption you're about to bolt to an otherwise fine bike.
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Just to correct a couple of posts, the Cinelli quill does not require Cinelli bars. I just put a Bontrager ergo bar on my Cinelli stem, no problem.
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Before about 1990, Cinelli stems were built for Cinelli-unique 26.4mm bars. Nothing a little careful shimming won't fix for 26.0mm bars.
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Originally Posted by Road Fan
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Hmmm, I think it's arguable whether V-O quality is up there with Nitto.
Though that Grand Cru seat post I have on my Smoothie is pretty nice. |
Originally Posted by AEO
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who still makes bars in 26mm anyway?
light and quill stems don't really mix... |
Beware of some of them older 3tt stems, some of them are 25.4
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Zoom used to make quill stems in 26.0 and 25.4; they claimed weight around the 250g mark. Thin-wall cromoly steel construction and an aluminum quill wedge. Quite the looker, even if not entirely traditional in the sense of the Cinelli 1A.
http://www.kurtkaminer.com/zoom_stems.jpg -Kurt |
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