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Old 02-02-07 | 10:52 PM
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Old 02-02-07 | 10:53 PM
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yarr, that be a stem ye have a picture of
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Old 02-02-07 | 10:58 PM
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eww unless thats some kind of cross section
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Old 02-02-07 | 11:13 PM
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Old 02-02-07 | 11:16 PM
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that looks like somthing that would be on Schwarzenegger's bike

also... WTF, Schwarzenegger is in the firefox built in dictionary, no worldly proper noun deserves to be in said dictionary
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Old 02-02-07 | 11:18 PM
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You've got a triple crown fork to go with that, right?
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Old 02-03-07 | 12:10 AM
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Did you maybe machine that yourself? If so, I call it cool.
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Old 02-03-07 | 12:14 AM
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That thing is awesome. I want a really burly DH stem, the ones that look like they are machined from a solid block of aluminum and use it with bullhorns.

Like this:

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Old 02-03-07 | 03:56 AM
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that is the fugg
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Old 02-03-07 | 08:12 AM
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It might look OK after they finish the last 4 steps of the manufacturing process. Looks like an aluminum blank somebody is half way through making a stem out of.
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Old 02-03-07 | 09:54 AM
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It might look OK after they finish the last 4 steps of the manufacturing process. Looks like an aluminum blank somebody is half way through making a stem out of.
+ High school shop project
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Old 02-03-07 | 09:54 AM
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It would look good on a robots bike.
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Old 02-03-07 | 11:01 AM
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dun dun dun du dundun dun dun "I'll be baaack" that thing need a red flashing light on it some wheres
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Old 02-03-07 | 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by bonelesschicken
That thing is awesome. I want a really burly DH stem, the ones that look like they are machined from a solid block of aluminum and use it with bullhorns.

Like this:

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I actually like the shorter stem.


Gnarly
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Old 02-03-07 | 11:24 AM
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It might look OK after they finish the last 4 steps of the manufacturing process. Looks like an aluminum blank somebody is half way through making a stem out of.
Yeah. If it were cleaned up a little I would like it a lot more. I do like the basic look though.
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Old 02-03-07 | 02:53 PM
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hollow out those squares and make it all skelatal keeping an x in the middle for strength like a jack suspended in a cube light stiff and strong
jack as in ball and jacks
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Old 02-03-07 | 04:16 PM
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It looks like it has a built-in ice cube tray.
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Old 02-03-07 | 04:27 PM
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I actually like the shorter stem.


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only problem is you loose some steeringleverage
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