Quill stem with removable faceplate?
03-09-09, 12:17 PM
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If you skip the 'looks good' part, you can find any number of $10 zoom/fuji oem/h2o stems like this one.
03-09-09, 03:37 PM
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03-09-09, 09:26 PM
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Cinelli Frog is definitly the best looking quill w/ removable faceplatehttps://www.cinelli-bikes.de/frog.jpg
03-09-09, 10:24 PM
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Buy a Mercier killo TT. Take the stem. Unwrap the bars. Remount with new traditional quill stem w/out removable faceplate. DO NOT rewrap bars, but flop and chop them. Cover the logos with electrical tape. Add spoke cards. Craigslist that ***** for more than you paid for it because it now has street cred.
I am super serial about this.
I am super serial about this.
EDIT: D'oh! Zombie thread strikes again!
03-09-09, 10:31 PM
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After much research I went this route. The adapter was cheap and lighter than I expected. I did run into a problem with the butted head tube preventing it from being inserted all the way, which looked pretty bad. If you have a larger frame(I was putting it in a 52 cm), it should look fine.
03-10-09, 01:38 AM
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You didn't mention the clamp dia you need: 25.4 or 26mm. Newer bars are more likely (I think) to be 26mm, so I need to find a 90-100mm stem that will accommodate that.
03-10-09, 02:08 AM
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yeah make sure your sizing is right, I made that mistake. Older schwinn, and didnt know at the time that there where different size quill stems.
03-10-09, 07:05 AM
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All those stems are kind of silly. How often do you need to change your stem? I would rather have a nice, clean, uncomplicated design, because there really isn't much to removing the bar tape and lever on one side to replace the stem. Once you have your fit dialed in, there's little need to replace it anyway.
03-10-09, 06:45 PM
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All those stems are kind of silly. How often do you need to change your stem? I would rather have a nice, clean, uncomplicated design, because there really isn't much to removing the bar tape and lever on one side to replace the stem. Once you have your fit dialed in, there's little need to replace it anyway.
03-23-10, 02:26 PM
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03-23-10, 03:47 PM
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not the prettiest but it's not too expensive
https://www.ride-this.com/index.php/k...254-black.html
https://www.ride-this.com/index.php/k...254-black.html
03-23-10, 05:00 PM
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Jesus Christ.
Stem adapters FTW.
Stem adapters FTW.
03-23-10, 09:13 PM
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Deda makes or used to make (most likely) quill stems that have a very unnoticeable "hidden" removable faceplate (a bottomplate technically). I still have mine that I used to mount risers on my nagasawa for those special occasions when I still had it. Best of all from far away or from a quick glance it can easily fool people into thinking it is a nitto stem.
Tried to find a site selling it but to no avail (gives me thoughts it was discontinued); it looks like this:
The black cap has the deda "D" logo....
Tried to find a site selling it but to no avail (gives me thoughts it was discontinued); it looks like this:
The black cap has the deda "D" logo....
03-23-10, 09:28 PM
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Deda makes or used to make (most likely) quill stems that have a very unnoticeable "hidden" removable faceplate (a bottomplate technically). I still have mine that I used to mount risers on my nagasawa for those special occasions when I still had it. Best of all from far away or from a quick glance it can easily fool people into thinking it is a nitto stem.
Tried to find a site selling it but to no avail (gives me thoughts it was discontinued); it looks like this:
The black cap has the deda "D" logo....
Tried to find a site selling it but to no avail (gives me thoughts it was discontinued); it looks like this:
The black cap has the deda "D" logo....
edit: just looked and the murex is still on deda's site. they have black, gray, and matte silver
anyway:
at least its a relevant topic that can actually provide someone assistance...
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03-23-10, 10:58 PM
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Here's my old Deda stem. I never knew what model it was but it had a nice silver finish and the cap was a royal blue D. I wish the previous owner didn't chop it, it was way too low!
