BMX quill stems also frequently come in various smaller diameters. I had an old Ross 3-speed frame that needed an annoyingly narrow quill, and a BMX one ended up doing the job. Of course, then you need to deal with the fact that most BMX bars have a narrower diameter, so the clamp may not work with the bars you had in mind. Life is a great mystery.

Always u can put the stem backwards...then u'll have -1 inch stem.. that works 4 ya?

erops

He's talking about the diameter of the quill, not the length.

If you do as you suggest, it makes the bike ride TOTALLY differently, and not in a good way.

Alright this is a year and a half old thread. But is there a threaded to threadless stem adapter for the "smaller than 1" heasets"

I heard they make "smaller than 1" " stem adapters (21.2mm right?) so then i could put a threadless stem on it.

make sense? let me know where/how i should google search for it.

ps- I also heard changing out my headset to a 1" headset would work... but then i thought about it and realized that the fork would NOT fit this 1"headset as it is smaller than 1". Or am i lost here?

geez DLake, you ask the most ******** questions! you are not worthy of your messenger bag and man-pris. :-P

see you at the 'pede.

old bmx and american sissy bar bike that are "american" use 7/8th not that metric *****E. which is smaller than 1 inch.