Handle Bar Choices
05-31-08 | 12:37 PM
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Handle Bar Choices
Handle Bar Question Again.
I have a road stem 26.0 but most flat bars are of a smaller size. How can I make it work?
I have a really nice Thompson stem and I wanted to go from drops to flat bars.
Help!
I have a road stem 26.0 but most flat bars are of a smaller size. How can I make it work?
I have a really nice Thompson stem and I wanted to go from drops to flat bars.
Help!
05-31-08 | 01:57 PM
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^^ to add on to lincoln: you can probably just cut it out of a beer/pop can.
you might as well just keep the drops though. they have the flat position anyway, and you can just mount an interruptor lever. the flatbar doesn't really give any benefit over drops, asides from, i guess, the ability to do barspinz :\
you might as well just keep the drops though. they have the flat position anyway, and you can just mount an interruptor lever. the flatbar doesn't really give any benefit over drops, asides from, i guess, the ability to do barspinz :\
05-31-08 | 02:04 PM
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Since you have a pop-top stem (Thompson), I'd just go ahead and use that. The pop-tops work on a clamping action vs the pinch of a typical quill stem.
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